Blackville vs Snelling

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

Blackville and Snelling 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 283 in Snelling). Snelling has the higher median household income ($41,042 vs $26,100 in Blackville). Blackville has the higher median home value ($73,100 vs $63,900 in Snelling).

Population, income & housing

	Blackville	Snelling
Population	1,778	283
Median age	42.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$26,100	$41,042
Median home value	$73,100	$63,900
Median gross rent	$966	$793
Housing units	894	115
Homeownership rate	66.1%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackville	Snelling
Population	1,844 → 1,778 (-3.6%)	275 → 283 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$23,235 → $26,100 (+12.3%)	$45,625 → $41,042 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $73,100 (+22.7%)	$63,300 → $63,900 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $966 (+55.6%)	$708 → $793 (+12.0%)

Blackville

Population

1,8441,778

Median household income

$23,235$26,100

Median home value

$59,600$73,100

Median gross rent

$621$966

Snelling

Population

275283

Median household income

$45,625$41,042

Median home value

$63,300$63,900

Median gross rent

$708$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackville	Snelling
Under 5	2.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	22.3%
35 to 44	17.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	24.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.1%
75 and over	9.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackville	Snelling
White (non-Hispanic)	11.9%	81.3%
Black or African American	85.2%	10.2%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackville	Snelling
No high school diploma	19.6%	12.7%
High school graduate	52.5%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackville	Snelling
Drove alone	86.1%	92.6%
Carpooled	11.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackville	Snelling
1-unit, detached	68.1%	37.4%
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%	62.6%

Poverty & households

	Blackville	Snelling
Poverty rate	28.2%	15.8%
Average household size	2.92	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1978	1995