Berea vs Gantt

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

Berea and Gantt 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 15,057 in Gantt). Berea has the higher median household income ($48,104 vs $47,265 in Gantt). Berea has the higher median home value ($187,200 vs $156,200 in Gantt).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Gantt
Population	16,642	15,057
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,104	$47,265
Median home value	$187,200	$156,200
Median gross rent	$1,032	$1,021
Housing units	6,724	5,918
Homeownership rate	60.9%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Gantt
Population	14,652 → 16,642 (+13.6%)	15,138 → 15,057 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$37,125 → $48,104 (+29.6%)	$38,341 → $47,265 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $187,200 (+62.9%)	$103,700 → $156,200 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)	$809 → $1,021 (+26.2%)

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

Gantt

Population

15,13815,057

Median household income

$38,341$47,265

Median home value

$103,700$156,200

Median gross rent

$809$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Gantt
Under 5	8.4%	9.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.0%
75 and over	6.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Gantt
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	21.2%
Black or African American	20.8%	45.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Gantt
No high school diploma	23.7%	19.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Gantt
Drove alone	73.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	19.9%	14.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Gantt
1-unit, detached	61.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Gantt
Poverty rate	22.0%	25.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1979	1973