Alcolu vs Summerton

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

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

Summerton has the higher population (709 vs 426 in Alcolu). Alcolu has the higher median household income ($41,917 vs $35,893 in Summerton). Alcolu has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $153,100 in Summerton).

Population, income & housing

	Alcolu	Summerton
Population	426	709
Median age	21.8 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,917	$35,893
Median home value	$166,400	$153,100
Median gross rent	$685	$355
Housing units	134	416
Homeownership rate	62.4%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcolu	Summerton
Population	430 → 426 (-0.9%)	898 → 709 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $41,917 (+39.7%)	$23,000 → $35,893 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $166,400 (+121.9%)	$152,700 → $153,100 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $685 (+39.2%)	$326 → $355 (+8.9%)

Alcolu

Population

430426

Median household income

$30,000$41,917

Median home value

$75,000$166,400

Median gross rent

$492$685

Summerton

Population

898709

Median household income

$23,000$35,893

Median home value

$152,700$153,100

Median gross rent

$326$355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcolu	Summerton
Under 5	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	42.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	4.9%	4.5%
55 to 64	2.8%	19.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	19.7%
75 and over	9.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcolu	Summerton
White (non-Hispanic)	15.3%	55.0%
Black or African American	56.8%	42.2%
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	3.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcolu	Summerton
No high school diploma	24.1%	18.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcolu	Summerton
Drove alone	68.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcolu	Summerton
1-unit, detached	79.1%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Alcolu	Summerton
Poverty rate	44.4%	29.8%
Average household size	3.41	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	35
Median year structure built	1981	1966