Bluffton vs Burton

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffton and Burton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluffton has the higher population (31,323 vs 7,132 in Burton). Bluffton has the higher median household income ($105,463 vs $57,315 in Burton). Bluffton has the higher median home value ($444,500 vs $198,300 in Burton).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Burton
Population	31,323	7,132
Median age	41.0 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,463	$57,315
Median home value	$444,500	$198,300
Median gross rent	$2,187	$1,281
Housing units	12,335	2,956
Homeownership rate	81.8%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Burton
Population	20,799 → 31,323 (+50.6%)	9,097 → 7,132 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$82,481 → $105,463 (+27.9%)	$54,012 → $57,315 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$290,800 → $444,500 (+52.9%)	$131,200 → $198,300 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,747 → $2,187 (+25.2%)	$1,067 → $1,281 (+20.1%)

Bluffton

Population

20,79931,323

Median household income

$82,481$105,463

Median home value

$290,800$444,500

Median gross rent

$1,747$2,187

Burton

Population

9,0977,132

Median household income

$54,012$57,315

Median home value

$131,200$198,300

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Burton
Under 5	4.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	13.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	16.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.7%
75 and over	7.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Burton
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	39.6%
Black or African American	9.3%	38.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Burton
No high school diploma	3.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	15.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Burton
Drove alone	75.8%	86.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Burton
1-unit, detached	81.9%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Burton
Poverty rate	4.8%	10.6%
Average household size	2.75	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	2012	1988