Smoaks vs Walterboro

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

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

Walterboro has the higher population (5,490 vs 148 in Smoaks). Smoaks has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $48,366 in Walterboro). Walterboro has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $148,200 in Smoaks).

Population, income & housing

	Smoaks	Walterboro
Population	148	5,490
Median age	51.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$48,366
Median home value	$148,200	$170,500
Median gross rent	—	$865
Housing units	75	2,621
Homeownership rate	84.5%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smoaks	Walterboro
Population	109 → 148 (+35.8%)	5,477 → 5,490 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $63,125 (+29.5%)	$32,900 → $48,366 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $148,200 (+27.4%)	$107,600 → $170,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$593 → $865 (+45.9%)

Smoaks

Population

109148

Median household income

$48,750$63,125

Median home value

$116,300$148,200

Walterboro

Population

5,4775,490

Median household income

$32,900$48,366

Median home value

$107,600$170,500

Median gross rent

$593$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Smoaks	Walterboro
Under 5	10.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	4.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	26.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.5%
75 and over	16.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smoaks	Walterboro
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	39.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	48.1%
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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smoaks	Walterboro
No high school diploma	0.9%	19.2%
High school graduate	45.0%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smoaks	Walterboro
Drove alone	88.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smoaks	Walterboro
1-unit, detached	88.0%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Smoaks	Walterboro
Poverty rate	2.0%	30.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1954	1974