Floydale vs Newtown

A side-by-side comparison of Floydale and Newtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newtown has the higher population (969 vs 236 in Floydale). Newtown has the higher median household income ($33,214 vs $19,628 in Floydale). Floydale has the higher median home value ($75,500 vs $69,300 in Newtown).

Population, income & housing

	Floydale	Newtown
Population	236	969
Median age	48.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$19,628	$33,214
Median home value	$75,500	$69,300
Median gross rent	—	$960
Housing units	190	461
Homeownership rate	79.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	23.1%	22.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floydale	Newtown
Population	278 → 236 (-15.1%)	1,293 → 969 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$31,453 → $19,628 (-37.6%)	$28,849 → $33,214 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$44,600 → $75,500 (+69.3%)	$72,200 → $69,300 (-4.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$777 → $960 (+23.6%)

Floydale

Population

278236

Median household income

$31,453$19,628

Median home value

$44,600$75,500

Newtown

Population

1,293969

Median household income

$28,849$33,214

Median home value

$72,200$69,300

Median gross rent

$777$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floydale	Newtown
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	3.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	16.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	2.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	21.8%
75 and over	36.4%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floydale	Newtown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	87.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floydale	Newtown
No high school diploma	7.0%	19.2%
High school graduate	66.3%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floydale	Newtown
Drove alone	90.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floydale	Newtown
1-unit, detached	44.7%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.3%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Floydale	Newtown
Poverty rate	47.9%	40.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1981	1980