Berea vs Fountain Inn

A side-by-side comparison of Berea and Fountain Inn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berea has the higher population (16,642 vs 11,307 in Fountain Inn). Fountain Inn has the higher median household income ($72,021 vs $48,104 in Berea). Fountain Inn has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $187,200 in Berea).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Fountain Inn
Population	16,642	11,307
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,104	$72,021
Median home value	$187,200	$255,400
Median gross rent	$1,032	$1,072
Housing units	6,724	4,658
Homeownership rate	60.9%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Fountain Inn
Population	14,652 → 16,642 (+13.6%)	9,301 → 11,307 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$37,125 → $48,104 (+29.6%)	$67,886 → $72,021 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $187,200 (+62.9%)	$155,600 → $255,400 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)	$847 → $1,072 (+26.6%)

Berea

Population

14,65216,642

Median household income

$37,125$48,104

Median home value

$114,900$187,200

Median gross rent

$774$1,032

Fountain Inn

Population

9,30111,307

Median household income

$67,886$72,021

Median home value

$155,600$255,400

Median gross rent

$847$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Fountain Inn
Under 5	8.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.4%
75 and over	6.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Fountain Inn
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	55.9%
Black or African American	20.8%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Fountain Inn
No high school diploma	23.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	29.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Fountain Inn
Drove alone	73.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	19.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.4%	12.6%
Other means	0.9%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Fountain Inn
1-unit, detached	61.7%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	2.8%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Fountain Inn
Poverty rate	22.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1979	1997