Gantt vs Wade Hampton

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

Gantt 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 15,057 in Gantt). Wade Hampton has the higher median household income ($75,522 vs $47,265 in Gantt). Wade Hampton has the higher median home value ($293,300 vs $156,200 in Gantt).

Population, income & housing

	Gantt	Wade Hampton
Population	15,057	20,703
Median age	33.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,265	$75,522
Median home value	$156,200	$293,300
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,064
Housing units	5,918	9,824
Homeownership rate	60.6%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gantt	Wade Hampton
Population	15,138 → 15,057 (-0.5%)	20,906 → 20,703 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$38,341 → $47,265 (+23.3%)	$54,331 → $75,522 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $156,200 (+50.6%)	$185,900 → $293,300 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,021 (+26.2%)	$907 → $1,064 (+17.3%)

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

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)

	Gantt	Wade Hampton
Under 5	9.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.9%
75 and over	6.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gantt	Wade Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	21.2%	76.2%
Black or African American	45.0%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gantt	Wade Hampton
No high school diploma	19.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	37.3%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gantt	Wade Hampton
Drove alone	77.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	14.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	13.5%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gantt	Wade Hampton
1-unit, detached	62.7%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	10.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Gantt	Wade Hampton
Poverty rate	25.5%	9.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1973	1973