Alcolu vs Wyboo

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

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

Wyboo has the higher population (3,582 vs 426 in Alcolu). Wyboo has the higher median household income ($57,725 vs $41,917 in Alcolu). Wyboo has the higher median home value ($198,200 vs $166,400 in Alcolu).

Population, income & housing

	Alcolu	Wyboo
Population	426	3,582
Median age	21.8 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,917	$57,725
Median home value	$166,400	$198,200
Median gross rent	$685	$767
Housing units	134	2,877
Homeownership rate	62.4%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcolu	Wyboo
Population	430 → 426 (-0.9%)	4,027 → 3,582 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $41,917 (+39.7%)	$58,866 → $57,725 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $166,400 (+121.9%)	$174,500 → $198,200 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $685 (+39.2%)	$917 → $767 (-16.4%)

Alcolu

Population

430426

Median household income

$30,000$41,917

Median home value

$75,000$166,400

Median gross rent

$492$685

Wyboo

Population

4,0273,582

Median household income

$58,866$57,725

Median home value

$174,500$198,200

Median gross rent

$917$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcolu	Wyboo
Under 5	6.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	42.5%	11.5%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.9%
45 to 54	4.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	2.8%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	20.3%
75 and over	9.2%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcolu	Wyboo
White (non-Hispanic)	15.3%	79.1%
Black or African American	56.8%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcolu	Wyboo
No high school diploma	24.1%	15.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcolu	Wyboo
Drove alone	68.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcolu	Wyboo
1-unit, detached	79.1%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	41.2%

Poverty & households

	Alcolu	Wyboo
Poverty rate	44.4%	12.6%
Average household size	3.41	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	48
Median year structure built	1981	1993