Berea vs Simpsonville

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

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

Simpsonville has the higher population (25,125 vs 16,642 in Berea). Simpsonville has the higher median household income ($79,233 vs $48,104 in Berea). Simpsonville has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $187,200 in Berea).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Simpsonville
Population	16,642	25,125
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,104	$79,233
Median home value	$187,200	$267,500
Median gross rent	$1,032	$1,322
Housing units	6,724	10,267
Homeownership rate	60.9%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Simpsonville
Population	14,652 → 16,642 (+13.6%)	22,234 → 25,125 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$37,125 → $48,104 (+29.6%)	$71,990 → $79,233 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $187,200 (+62.9%)	$173,400 → $267,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)	$1,059 → $1,322 (+24.8%)

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

Simpsonville

Population

22,23425,125

Median household income

$71,990$79,233

Median home value

$173,400$267,500

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Simpsonville
Under 5	8.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.8%
75 and over	6.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Simpsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	62.0%
Black or African American	20.8%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Simpsonville
No high school diploma	23.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	29.2%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Simpsonville
Drove alone	73.0%	78.8%
Carpooled	19.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.4%	13.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Simpsonville
1-unit, detached	61.7%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Simpsonville
Poverty rate	22.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1979	1999