Great Falls vs Richburg

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

Great Falls and Richburg 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 404 in Richburg). Richburg has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $59,400 in Great Falls). Since 2019, Richburg's population has grown faster (+28.3% vs -14.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Great Falls	Richburg
Population	1,741	404
Median age	39.5 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$30,475	—
Median home value	$59,400	$143,800
Median gross rent	$822	—
Housing units	885	184
Homeownership rate	84.1%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Falls	Richburg
Population	2,042 → 1,741 (-14.7%)	315 → 404 (+28.3%)
Median household income	$41,852 → $30,475 (-27.2%)	$34,375 → $45,125 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $59,400 (+8.0%)	$108,800 → $143,800 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $822 (+23.8%)	$842 → $730 (-13.3%)

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

Richburg

Population

315404

Median household income

$34,375$45,125

Median home value

$108,800$143,800

Median gross rent

$842$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Falls	Richburg
Under 5	6.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	2.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	3.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.6%
75 and over	11.8%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Falls	Richburg
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	14.6%
Black or African American	35.0%	79.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Falls	Richburg
No high school diploma	15.9%	26.6%
High school graduate	41.2%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Falls	Richburg
Drove alone	84.4%	98.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Falls	Richburg
1-unit, detached	92.0%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Great Falls	Richburg
Poverty rate	33.5%	35.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1959	1981