Fountain Inn vs Gantt

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Inn and Gantt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gantt has the higher population (15,057 vs 11,307 in Fountain Inn). Fountain Inn has the higher median household income ($72,021 vs $47,265 in Gantt). Fountain Inn has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $156,200 in Gantt).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Inn	Gantt
Population	11,307	15,057
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,021	$47,265
Median home value	$255,400	$156,200
Median gross rent	$1,072	$1,021
Housing units	4,658	5,918
Homeownership rate	70.8%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Inn	Gantt
Population	9,301 → 11,307 (+21.6%)	15,138 → 15,057 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$67,886 → $72,021 (+6.1%)	$38,341 → $47,265 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $255,400 (+64.1%)	$103,700 → $156,200 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,072 (+26.6%)	$809 → $1,021 (+26.2%)

Fountain Inn

Population

9,30111,307

Median household income

$67,886$72,021

Median home value

$155,600$255,400

Median gross rent

$847$1,072

Gantt

Population

15,13815,057

Median household income

$38,341$47,265

Median home value

$103,700$156,200

Median gross rent

$809$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Inn	Gantt
Under 5	8.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.0%
75 and over	3.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Inn	Gantt
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	21.2%
Black or African American	29.0%	45.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Inn	Gantt
No high school diploma	10.4%	19.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Inn	Gantt
Drove alone	77.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.6%	5.9%
Other means	4.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Inn	Gantt
1-unit, detached	69.3%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	9.7%
20 or more units	6.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Inn	Gantt
Poverty rate	12.9%	25.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1997	1973