Scranton vs Timmonsville

A side-by-side comparison of Scranton and Timmonsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Timmonsville has the higher population (2,153 vs 820 in Scranton). Timmonsville has the higher median household income ($32,736 vs $26,250 in Scranton). Timmonsville has the higher median home value ($88,000 vs $83,000 in Scranton).

Population, income & housing

	Scranton	Timmonsville
Population	820	2,153
Median age	47.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,250	$32,736
Median home value	$83,000	$88,000
Median gross rent	$807	$826
Housing units	332	1,181
Homeownership rate	46.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scranton	Timmonsville
Population	713 → 820 (+15.0%)	2,412 → 2,153 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$39,688 → $26,250 (-33.9%)	$28,576 → $32,736 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $83,000 (+15.8%)	$67,200 → $88,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $807 (+21.7%)	$684 → $826 (+20.8%)

Scranton

Population

713820

Median household income

$39,688$26,250

Median home value

$71,700$83,000

Median gross rent

$663$807

Timmonsville

Population

2,4122,153

Median household income

$28,576$32,736

Median home value

$67,200$88,000

Median gross rent

$684$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scranton	Timmonsville
Under 5	5.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	17.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.7%
75 and over	10.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scranton	Timmonsville
White (non-Hispanic)	40.7%	12.2%
Black or African American	57.8%	82.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scranton	Timmonsville
No high school diploma	25.8%	22.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scranton	Timmonsville
Drove alone	71.0%	89.8%
Carpooled	15.3%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.1%
Other means	1.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scranton	Timmonsville
1-unit, detached	62.7%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Scranton	Timmonsville
Poverty rate	30.5%	36.2%
Average household size	3.07	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1977	1980