Berea vs Wade Hampton

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

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

Wade Hampton has the higher population (20,703 vs 16,642 in Berea). Wade Hampton has the higher median household income ($75,522 vs $48,104 in Berea). Wade Hampton has the higher median home value ($293,300 vs $187,200 in Berea).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Wade Hampton
Population	16,642	20,703
Median age	36.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,104	$75,522
Median home value	$187,200	$293,300
Median gross rent	$1,032	$1,064
Housing units	6,724	9,824
Homeownership rate	60.9%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Wade Hampton
Population	14,652 → 16,642 (+13.6%)	20,906 → 20,703 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$37,125 → $48,104 (+29.6%)	$54,331 → $75,522 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $187,200 (+62.9%)	$185,900 → $293,300 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)	$907 → $1,064 (+17.3%)

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

Wade Hampton

Population

20,90620,703

Median household income

$54,331$75,522

Median home value

$185,900$293,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Wade Hampton
Under 5	8.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.9%
75 and over	6.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Wade Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	76.2%
Black or African American	20.8%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Wade Hampton
No high school diploma	23.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Wade Hampton
Drove alone	73.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	19.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	13.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Wade Hampton
1-unit, detached	61.7%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	2.8%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Wade Hampton
Poverty rate	22.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1979	1973