Alcolu vs Paxville

A side-by-side comparison of Alcolu and Paxville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alcolu has the higher population (426 vs 386 in Paxville). Paxville has the higher median household income ($56,071 vs $41,917 in Alcolu). Alcolu has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $156,800 in Paxville).

Population, income & housing

	Alcolu	Paxville
Population	426	386
Median age	21.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,917	$56,071
Median home value	$166,400	$156,800
Median gross rent	$685	$783
Housing units	134	166
Homeownership rate	62.4%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcolu	Paxville
Population	430 → 426 (-0.9%)	430 → 386 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $41,917 (+39.7%)	$51,944 → $56,071 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $166,400 (+121.9%)	$104,200 → $156,800 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $685 (+39.2%)	$758 → $783 (+3.3%)

Alcolu

Population

430426

Median household income

$30,000$41,917

Median home value

$75,000$166,400

Median gross rent

$492$685

Paxville

Population

430386

Median household income

$51,944$56,071

Median home value

$104,200$156,800

Median gross rent

$758$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcolu	Paxville
Under 5	6.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	42.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	4.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	2.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	19.2%
75 and over	9.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcolu	Paxville
White (non-Hispanic)	15.3%	31.6%
Black or African American	56.8%	57.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcolu	Paxville
No high school diploma	24.1%	16.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcolu	Paxville
Drove alone	68.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcolu	Paxville
1-unit, detached	79.1%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Alcolu	Paxville
Poverty rate	44.4%	15.0%
Average household size	3.41	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1981	1983