Harleyville vs Summerville

A side-by-side comparison of Harleyville and Summerville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Summerville has the higher population (51,262 vs 653 in Harleyville). Summerville has the higher median household income ($78,621 vs $60,231 in Harleyville). Summerville has the higher median home value ($295,700 vs $192,700 in Harleyville).

Population, income & housing

	Harleyville	Summerville
Population	653	51,262
Median age	45.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,231	$78,621
Median home value	$192,700	$295,700
Median gross rent	$742	$1,414
Housing units	329	22,199
Homeownership rate	65.3%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harleyville	Summerville
Population	725 → 653 (-9.9%)	53,037 → 51,262 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$33,447 → $60,231 (+80.1%)	$59,180 → $78,621 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $192,700 (+65.8%)	$207,800 → $295,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $742 (-8.7%)	$1,108 → $1,414 (+27.6%)

Harleyville

Population

725653

Median household income

$33,447$60,231

Median home value

$116,200$192,700

Median gross rent

$813$742

Summerville

Population

53,03751,262

Median household income

$59,180$78,621

Median home value

$207,800$295,700

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harleyville	Summerville
Under 5	5.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.5%
75 and over	9.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harleyville	Summerville
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	66.0%
Black or African American	23.7%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harleyville	Summerville
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	46.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harleyville	Summerville
Drove alone	95.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	0.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harleyville	Summerville
1-unit, detached	68.7%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Harleyville	Summerville
Poverty rate	25.3%	10.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1973	2001