Five Forks vs Mauldin

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

Five Forks 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 19,093 in Five Forks). Five Forks has the higher median household income ($140,668 vs $81,027 in Mauldin). Five Forks has the higher median home value ($424,600 vs $242,100 in Mauldin).

Population, income & housing

	Five Forks	Mauldin
Population	19,093	25,985
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$140,668	$81,027
Median home value	$424,600	$242,100
Median gross rent	$2,139	$1,401
Housing units	6,609	11,252
Homeownership rate	88.2%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Five Forks	Mauldin
Population	17,844 → 19,093 (+7.0%)	25,217 → 25,985 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$114,049 → $140,668 (+23.3%)	$67,860 → $81,027 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$300,700 → $424,600 (+41.2%)	$163,800 → $242,100 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,635 → $2,139 (+30.8%)	$1,002 → $1,401 (+39.8%)

Five Forks

Population

17,84419,093

Median household income

$114,049$140,668

Median home value

$300,700$424,600

Median gross rent

$1,635$2,139

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)

	Five Forks	Mauldin
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	17.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.4%
75 and over	3.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Five Forks	Mauldin
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	59.1%
Black or African American	8.4%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Five Forks	Mauldin
No high school diploma	2.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	11.0%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Five Forks	Mauldin
Drove alone	77.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	15.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Five Forks	Mauldin
1-unit, detached	91.0%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	17.5%
20 or more units	3.8%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Five Forks	Mauldin
Poverty rate	2.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.96	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	2003	1994