Summerton vs Turbeville

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

Summerton and Turbeville 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 703 in Turbeville). Turbeville has the higher median household income ($41,667 vs $35,893 in Summerton). Summerton has the higher median home value ($153,100 vs $120,300 in Turbeville).

Population, income & housing

	Summerton	Turbeville
Population	709	703
Median age	46.7 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,893	$41,667
Median home value	$153,100	$120,300
Median gross rent	$355	$603
Housing units	416	306
Homeownership rate	52.7%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	17.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summerton	Turbeville
Population	898 → 709 (-21.0%)	895 → 703 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$23,000 → $35,893 (+56.1%)	$29,609 → $41,667 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $153,100 (+0.3%)	$111,100 → $120,300 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$326 → $355 (+8.9%)	$435 → $603 (+38.6%)

Summerton

Population

898709

Median household income

$23,000$35,893

Median home value

$152,700$153,100

Median gross rent

$326$355

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)

	Summerton	Turbeville
Under 5	6.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	25.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	4.5%	6.3%
55 to 64	19.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	19.7%	13.8%
75 and over	8.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summerton	Turbeville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	52.3%
Black or African American	42.2%	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	2.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summerton	Turbeville
No high school diploma	18.6%	21.6%
High school graduate	24.5%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summerton	Turbeville
Drove alone	76.4%	69.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.9%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summerton	Turbeville
1-unit, detached	58.7%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Summerton	Turbeville
Poverty rate	29.8%	23.5%
Average household size	1.99	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1966	1985