Cottageville vs Smoaks

A side-by-side comparison of Cottageville and Smoaks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottageville has the higher population (1,154 vs 148 in Smoaks). Cottageville has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $63,125 in Smoaks). Smoaks has the higher median home value ($148,200 vs $144,800 in Cottageville).

Population, income & housing

	Cottageville	Smoaks
Population	1,154	148
Median age	38.0 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$63,125
Median home value	$144,800	$148,200
Median gross rent	$915	—
Housing units	413	75
Homeownership rate	79.5%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottageville	Smoaks
Population	885 → 1,154 (+30.4%)	109 → 148 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$49,904 → $68,750 (+37.8%)	$48,750 → $63,125 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $144,800 (+32.6%)	$116,300 → $148,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $915 (+12.3%)	—

Cottageville

Population

8851,154

Median household income

$49,904$68,750

Median home value

$109,200$144,800

Median gross rent

$815$915

Smoaks

Population

109148

Median household income

$48,750$63,125

Median home value

$116,300$148,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottageville	Smoaks
Under 5	7.9%	10.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	4.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	26.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.8%
75 and over	6.9%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottageville	Smoaks
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	8.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottageville	Smoaks
No high school diploma	17.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	37.3%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottageville	Smoaks
Drove alone	83.8%	88.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottageville	Smoaks
1-unit, detached	39.2%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.8%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottageville	Smoaks
Poverty rate	9.8%	2.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	42	38
Median year structure built	1992	1954