Berea vs Taylors

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

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

Taylors has the higher population (23,686 vs 16,642 in Berea). Taylors has the higher median household income ($71,747 vs $48,104 in Berea). Taylors has the higher median home value ($242,700 vs $187,200 in Berea).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Taylors
Population	16,642	23,686
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,104	$71,747
Median home value	$187,200	$242,700
Median gross rent	$1,032	$1,260
Housing units	6,724	10,241
Homeownership rate	60.9%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Taylors
Population	14,652 → 16,642 (+13.6%)	22,230 → 23,686 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$37,125 → $48,104 (+29.6%)	$61,667 → $71,747 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $187,200 (+62.9%)	$165,200 → $242,700 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)	$917 → $1,260 (+37.4%)

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

Taylors

Population

22,23023,686

Median household income

$61,667$71,747

Median home value

$165,200$242,700

Median gross rent

$917$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Taylors
Under 5	8.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.0%
75 and over	6.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Taylors
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	67.7%
Black or African American	20.8%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Taylors
No high school diploma	23.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	29.2%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Taylors
Drove alone	73.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	19.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	13.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Taylors
1-unit, detached	61.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Taylors
Poverty rate	22.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1979	1983