Gayle Mill vs Great Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Gayle Mill and Great Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great Falls has the higher population (1,741 vs 1,119 in Gayle Mill). Great Falls has the higher median home value ($59,400 vs $26,800 in Gayle Mill). Since 2019, Gayle Mill's population has grown faster (+32.9% vs -14.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Gayle Mill	Great Falls
Population	1,119	1,741
Median age	35.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$30,475
Median home value	$26,800	$59,400
Median gross rent	$710	$822
Housing units	520	885
Homeownership rate	53.6%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gayle Mill	Great Falls
Population	842 → 1,119 (+32.9%)	2,042 → 1,741 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$42,386 → $74,022 (+74.6%)	$41,852 → $30,475 (-27.2%)
Median home value	$28,100 → $26,800 (-4.6%)	$55,000 → $59,400 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $710 (+5.8%)	$664 → $822 (+23.8%)

Gayle Mill

Population

8421,119

Median household income

$42,386$74,022

Median home value

$28,100$26,800

Median gross rent

$671$710

Great Falls

Population

2,0421,741

Median household income

$41,852$30,475

Median home value

$55,000$59,400

Median gross rent

$664$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gayle Mill	Great Falls
Under 5	2.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	29.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	4.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.1%
75 and over	0.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gayle Mill	Great Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	54.5%
Black or African American	21.4%	35.0%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gayle Mill	Great Falls
No high school diploma	37.5%	15.9%
High school graduate	41.2%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gayle Mill	Great Falls
Drove alone	70.5%	84.4%
Carpooled	25.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gayle Mill	Great Falls
1-unit, detached	81.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Gayle Mill	Great Falls
Poverty rate	32.0%	33.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1953	1959