Elko vs Williston

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

Elko 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 198 in Elko). Elko has the higher median household income ($41,023 vs $35,968 in Williston). Williston has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $85,700 in Elko).

Population, income & housing

	Elko	Williston
Population	198	2,884
Median age	32.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,023	$35,968
Median home value	$85,700	$104,000
Median gross rent	—	$685
Housing units	80	1,480
Homeownership rate	79.2%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	65.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elko	Williston
Population	176 → 198 (+12.5%)	2,983 → 2,884 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$28,125 → $41,023 (+45.9%)	$20,076 → $35,968 (+79.2%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $85,700 (+19.0%)	$162,100 → $104,000 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$432 → $432 (+0.0%)	$600 → $685 (+14.2%)

Elko

Population

176198

Median household income

$28,125$41,023

Median home value

$72,000$85,700

Median gross rent

$432$432

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)

	Elko	Williston
Under 5	3.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	8.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	36.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	2.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	6.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	20.7%	13.0%
75 and over	2.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elko	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	45.6%
Black or African American	75.8%	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	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elko	Williston
No high school diploma	40.2%	15.3%
High school graduate	31.4%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elko	Williston
Drove alone	91.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	11.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	5.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elko	Williston
1-unit, detached	51.2%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.8%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Elko	Williston
Poverty rate	17.7%	31.1%
Average household size	3.74	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	1976	1985