Blackville vs Kline

A side-by-side comparison of Blackville and Kline: population, income, housing, and more.

Blackville and Kline are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blackville has the higher population (1,778 vs 135 in Kline). Kline has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $26,100 in Blackville). Kline has the higher median home value ($126,800 vs $73,100 in Blackville).

Population, income & housing

	Blackville	Kline
Population	1,778	135
Median age	42.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$26,100	$68,750
Median home value	$73,100	$126,800
Median gross rent	$966	$1,063
Housing units	894	83
Homeownership rate	66.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackville	Kline
Population	1,844 → 1,778 (-3.6%)	128 → 135 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$23,235 → $26,100 (+12.3%)	$37,500 → $68,750 (+83.3%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $73,100 (+22.7%)	$82,800 → $126,800 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $966 (+55.6%)	—

Blackville

Population

1,8441,778

Median household income

$23,235$26,100

Median home value

$59,600$73,100

Median gross rent

$621$966

Kline

Population

128135

Median household income

$37,500$68,750

Median home value

$82,800$126,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackville	Kline
Under 5	2.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	15.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.9%	17.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	5.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	5.2%
75 and over	9.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackville	Kline
White (non-Hispanic)	11.9%	71.1%
Black or African American	85.2%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackville	Kline
No high school diploma	19.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	52.5%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackville	Kline
Drove alone	86.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackville	Kline
1-unit, detached	68.1%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackville	Kline
Poverty rate	28.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1978	1979