Alcolu vs Turbeville

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

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

Turbeville has the higher population (703 vs 426 in Alcolu). Alcolu has the higher median household income ($41,917 vs $41,667 in Turbeville). Alcolu has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $120,300 in Turbeville).

Population, income & housing

	Alcolu	Turbeville
Population	426	703
Median age	21.8 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,917	$41,667
Median home value	$166,400	$120,300
Median gross rent	$685	$603
Housing units	134	306
Homeownership rate	62.4%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcolu	Turbeville
Population	430 → 426 (-0.9%)	895 → 703 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $41,917 (+39.7%)	$29,609 → $41,667 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $166,400 (+121.9%)	$111,100 → $120,300 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $685 (+39.2%)	$435 → $603 (+38.6%)

Alcolu

Population

430426

Median household income

$30,000$41,917

Median home value

$75,000$166,400

Median gross rent

$492$685

Turbeville

Population

895703

Median household income

$29,609$41,667

Median home value

$111,100$120,300

Median gross rent

$435$603

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcolu	Turbeville
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	42.5%	25.3%
18 to 24	1.2%	11.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	4.9%	6.3%
55 to 64	2.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.8%
75 and over	9.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcolu	Turbeville
White (non-Hispanic)	15.3%	52.3%
Black or African American	56.8%	44.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcolu	Turbeville
No high school diploma	24.1%	21.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcolu	Turbeville
Drove alone	68.1%	69.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcolu	Turbeville
1-unit, detached	79.1%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Alcolu	Turbeville
Poverty rate	44.4%	23.5%
Average household size	3.41	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1981	1985