Hilda vs Williston

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

Hilda 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 506 in Hilda). Hilda has the higher median household income ($46,111 vs $35,968 in Williston). Williston has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $56,600 in Hilda).

Population, income & housing

	Hilda	Williston
Population	506	2,884
Median age	47.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,111	$35,968
Median home value	$56,600	$104,000
Median gross rent	$725	$685
Housing units	278	1,480
Homeownership rate	86.2%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilda	Williston
Population	433 → 506 (+16.9%)	2,983 → 2,884 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$39,231 → $46,111 (+17.5%)	$20,076 → $35,968 (+79.2%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $56,600 (-16.5%)	$162,100 → $104,000 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $725 (+26.1%)	$600 → $685 (+14.2%)

Hilda

Population

433506

Median household income

$39,231$46,111

Median home value

$67,800$56,600

Median gross rent

$575$725

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)

	Hilda	Williston
Under 5	4.9%	9.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.6%
45 to 54	20.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.0%
75 and over	5.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilda	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	45.6%
Black or African American	6.5%	54.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilda	Williston
No high school diploma	24.6%	15.3%
High school graduate	49.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilda	Williston
Drove alone	83.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	11.8%
Walked	3.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	9.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilda	Williston
1-unit, detached	62.2%	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	37.8%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Hilda	Williston
Poverty rate	22.4%	31.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	40	22
Median year structure built	1974	1985