Five Forks vs Simpsonville

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

Five Forks 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 19,093 in Five Forks). Five Forks has the higher median household income ($140,668 vs $79,233 in Simpsonville). Five Forks has the higher median home value ($424,600 vs $267,500 in Simpsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Five Forks	Simpsonville
Population	19,093	25,125
Median age	38.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$140,668	$79,233
Median home value	$424,600	$267,500
Median gross rent	$2,139	$1,322
Housing units	6,609	10,267
Homeownership rate	88.2%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Five Forks	Simpsonville
Population	17,844 → 19,093 (+7.0%)	22,234 → 25,125 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$114,049 → $140,668 (+23.3%)	$71,990 → $79,233 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$300,700 → $424,600 (+41.2%)	$173,400 → $267,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,635 → $2,139 (+30.8%)	$1,059 → $1,322 (+24.8%)

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

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)

	Five Forks	Simpsonville
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	17.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.8%
75 and over	3.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Five Forks	Simpsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	62.0%
Black or African American	8.4%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Five Forks	Simpsonville
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	11.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Five Forks	Simpsonville
Drove alone	77.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.8%	13.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Five Forks	Simpsonville
1-unit, detached	91.0%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	10.3%
20 or more units	3.8%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Five Forks	Simpsonville
Poverty rate	2.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	2003	1999