Snelling vs Williston

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

Snelling 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 283 in Snelling). Snelling has the higher median household income ($41,042 vs $35,968 in Williston). Williston has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $63,900 in Snelling).

Population, income & housing

	Snelling	Williston
Population	283	2,884
Median age	35.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$35,968
Median home value	$63,900	$104,000
Median gross rent	$793	$685
Housing units	115	1,480
Homeownership rate	83.2%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Snelling	Williston
Population	275 → 283 (+2.9%)	2,983 → 2,884 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $41,042 (-10.0%)	$20,076 → $35,968 (+79.2%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $63,900 (+0.9%)	$162,100 → $104,000 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $793 (+12.0%)	$600 → $685 (+14.2%)

Snelling

Population

275283

Median household income

$45,625$41,042

Median home value

$63,300$63,900

Median gross rent

$708$793

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)

	Snelling	Williston
Under 5	6.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	22.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	24.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	13.0%
75 and over	1.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Snelling	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	45.6%
Black or African American	10.2%	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	0.4%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Snelling	Williston
No high school diploma	12.7%	15.3%
High school graduate	40.2%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Snelling	Williston
Drove alone	92.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	11.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	0.8%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Snelling	Williston
1-unit, detached	37.4%	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	62.6%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Snelling	Williston
Poverty rate	15.8%	31.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1995	1985