Coward vs Johnsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Coward and Johnsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Johnsonville has the higher population (1,037 vs 668 in Coward). Johnsonville has the higher median household income ($47,891 vs $36,250 in Coward). Johnsonville has the higher median home value ($118,500 vs $104,200 in Coward).

Population, income & housing

	Coward	Johnsonville
Population	668	1,037
Median age	37.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$47,891
Median home value	$104,200	$118,500
Median gross rent	$825	$838
Housing units	307	521
Homeownership rate	66.3%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coward	Johnsonville
Population	671 → 668 (-0.4%)	1,395 → 1,037 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$38,462 → $36,250 (-5.8%)	$47,614 → $47,891 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $104,200 (+30.9%)	$99,800 → $118,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $825 (+32.9%)	$738 → $838 (+13.6%)

Coward

Population

671668

Median household income

$38,462$36,250

Median home value

$79,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$621$825

Johnsonville

Population

1,3951,037

Median household income

$47,614$47,891

Median home value

$99,800$118,500

Median gross rent

$738$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coward	Johnsonville
Under 5	4.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	20.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	5.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	15.7%
75 and over	4.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coward	Johnsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	70.1%
Black or African American	16.0%	25.4%
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	1.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coward	Johnsonville
No high school diploma	23.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coward	Johnsonville
Drove alone	74.6%	94.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coward	Johnsonville
1-unit, detached	62.2%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Coward	Johnsonville
Poverty rate	36.1%	26.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1988	1975