Coward vs Pamplico

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

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

Pamplico has the higher population (952 vs 668 in Coward). Coward has the higher median household income ($36,250 vs $24,646 in Pamplico). Pamplico has the higher median home value ($151,800 vs $104,200 in Coward).

Population, income & housing

	Coward	Pamplico
Population	668	952
Median age	37.9 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$24,646
Median home value	$104,200	$151,800
Median gross rent	$825	$591
Housing units	307	485
Homeownership rate	66.3%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coward	Pamplico
Population	671 → 668 (-0.4%)	1,223 → 952 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$38,462 → $36,250 (-5.8%)	$39,444 → $24,646 (-37.5%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $104,200 (+30.9%)	$128,800 → $151,800 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $825 (+32.9%)	$648 → $591 (-8.8%)

Coward

Population

671668

Median household income

$38,462$36,250

Median home value

$79,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$621$825

Pamplico

Population

1,223952

Median household income

$39,444$24,646

Median home value

$128,800$151,800

Median gross rent

$648$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coward	Pamplico
Under 5	4.8%	9.7%
5 to 17	24.1%	22.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	6.7%
75 and over	4.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coward	Pamplico
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	50.2%
Black or African American	16.0%	46.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coward	Pamplico
No high school diploma	23.5%	13.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coward	Pamplico
Drove alone	74.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coward	Pamplico
1-unit, detached	62.2%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	37.8%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Coward	Pamplico
Poverty rate	36.1%	40.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1988	1976