Golden Grove vs Welcome

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Grove and Welcome: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Welcome has the higher population (7,439 vs 3,084 in Golden Grove). Golden Grove has the higher median household income ($71,694 vs $61,948 in Welcome). Welcome has the higher median home value ($164,100 vs $161,600 in Golden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Grove	Welcome
Population	3,084	7,439
Median age	42.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,694	$61,948
Median home value	$161,600	$164,100
Median gross rent	$1,102	$992
Housing units	1,356	3,332
Homeownership rate	80.7%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Grove	Welcome
Population	3,519 → 3,084 (-12.4%)	7,719 → 7,439 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$59,107 → $71,694 (+21.3%)	$36,317 → $61,948 (+70.6%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $161,600 (+39.8%)	$96,000 → $164,100 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $1,102 (+30.7%)	$783 → $992 (+26.7%)

Golden Grove

Population

3,5193,084

Median household income

$59,107$71,694

Median home value

$115,600$161,600

Median gross rent

$843$1,102

Welcome

Population

7,7197,439

Median household income

$36,317$61,948

Median home value

$96,000$164,100

Median gross rent

$783$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Grove	Welcome
Under 5	3.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	22.3%
18 to 24	2.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	18.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	4.2%	6.6%
75 and over	11.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Grove	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	43.8%
Black or African American	27.8%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Grove	Welcome
No high school diploma	5.4%	16.5%
High school graduate	36.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Grove	Welcome
Drove alone	67.3%	90.5%
Carpooled	26.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Grove	Welcome
1-unit, detached	83.9%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Golden Grove	Welcome
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1978	1968