Berea vs Mauldin

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

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

Mauldin has the higher population (25,985 vs 16,642 in Berea). Mauldin has the higher median household income ($81,027 vs $48,104 in Berea). Mauldin has the higher median home value ($242,100 vs $187,200 in Berea).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Mauldin
Population	16,642	25,985
Median age	36.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,104	$81,027
Median home value	$187,200	$242,100
Median gross rent	$1,032	$1,401
Housing units	6,724	11,252
Homeownership rate	60.9%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Mauldin
Population	14,652 → 16,642 (+13.6%)	25,217 → 25,985 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$37,125 → $48,104 (+29.6%)	$67,860 → $81,027 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $187,200 (+62.9%)	$163,800 → $242,100 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)	$1,002 → $1,401 (+39.8%)

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

Mauldin

Population

25,21725,985

Median household income

$67,860$81,027

Median home value

$163,800$242,100

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,401

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Mauldin
Under 5	8.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.4%
75 and over	6.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Mauldin
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	59.1%
Black or African American	20.8%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Mauldin
No high school diploma	23.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	29.2%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Mauldin
Drove alone	73.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	19.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	15.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Mauldin
1-unit, detached	61.7%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	2.8%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Mauldin
Poverty rate	22.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1979	1994