Edgefield vs Johnston

A side-by-side comparison of Edgefield and Johnston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgefield has the higher population (3,977 vs 2,518 in Johnston). Edgefield has the higher median household income ($37,500 vs $34,957 in Johnston). Edgefield has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $100,400 in Johnston).

Population, income & housing

	Edgefield	Johnston
Population	3,977	2,518
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$34,957
Median home value	$108,900	$100,400
Median gross rent	$849	$803
Housing units	1,150	1,189
Homeownership rate	49.7%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgefield	Johnston
Population	4,780 → 3,977 (-16.8%)	2,054 → 2,518 (+22.6%)
Median household income	$27,619 → $37,500 (+35.8%)	$32,477 → $34,957 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $108,900 (+11.8%)	$119,100 → $100,400 (-15.7%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $849 (+51.3%)	$678 → $803 (+18.4%)

Edgefield

Population

4,7803,977

Median household income

$27,619$37,500

Median home value

$97,400$108,900

Median gross rent

$561$849

Johnston

Population

2,0542,518

Median household income

$32,477$34,957

Median home value

$119,100$100,400

Median gross rent

$678$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgefield	Johnston
Under 5	1.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	22.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	15.9%
75 and over	5.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgefield	Johnston
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	26.1%
Black or African American	53.0%	65.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgefield	Johnston
No high school diploma	26.6%	16.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgefield	Johnston
Drove alone	86.2%	86.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgefield	Johnston
1-unit, detached	68.8%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	16.1%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Edgefield	Johnston
Poverty rate	32.8%	27.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1968	1967