Blackville vs Williston

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

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

Williston has the higher population (2,884 vs 1,778 in Blackville). Williston has the higher median household income ($35,968 vs $26,100 in Blackville). Williston has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $73,100 in Blackville).

Population, income & housing

	Blackville	Williston
Population	1,778	2,884
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,100	$35,968
Median home value	$73,100	$104,000
Median gross rent	$966	$685
Housing units	894	1,480
Homeownership rate	66.1%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackville	Williston
Population	1,844 → 1,778 (-3.6%)	2,983 → 2,884 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$23,235 → $26,100 (+12.3%)	$20,076 → $35,968 (+79.2%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $73,100 (+22.7%)	$162,100 → $104,000 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $966 (+55.6%)	$600 → $685 (+14.2%)

Blackville

Population

1,8441,778

Median household income

$23,235$26,100

Median home value

$59,600$73,100

Median gross rent

$621$966

Williston

Population

2,9832,884

Median household income

$20,076$35,968

Median home value

$162,100$104,000

Median gross rent

$600$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackville	Williston
Under 5	2.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	17.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.0%
75 and over	9.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackville	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	11.9%	45.6%
Black or African American	85.2%	54.1%
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%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackville	Williston
No high school diploma	19.6%	15.3%
High school graduate	52.5%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackville	Williston
Drove alone	86.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	11.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackville	Williston
1-unit, detached	68.1%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackville	Williston
Poverty rate	28.2%	31.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1978	1985