Mauldin vs Wade Hampton

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

Mauldin 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.

Mauldin has the higher population (25,985 vs 20,703 in Wade Hampton). Mauldin has the higher median household income ($81,027 vs $75,522 in Wade Hampton). Wade Hampton has the higher median home value ($293,300 vs $242,100 in Mauldin).

Population, income & housing

	Mauldin	Wade Hampton
Population	25,985	20,703
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,027	$75,522
Median home value	$242,100	$293,300
Median gross rent	$1,401	$1,064
Housing units	11,252	9,824
Homeownership rate	67.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mauldin	Wade Hampton
Population	25,217 → 25,985 (+3.0%)	20,906 → 20,703 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$67,860 → $81,027 (+19.4%)	$54,331 → $75,522 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$163,800 → $242,100 (+47.8%)	$185,900 → $293,300 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,401 (+39.8%)	$907 → $1,064 (+17.3%)

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

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)

	Mauldin	Wade Hampton
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.9%
75 and over	6.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mauldin	Wade Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	76.2%
Black or African American	24.3%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mauldin	Wade Hampton
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	19.5%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mauldin	Wade Hampton
Drove alone	74.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	13.5%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mauldin	Wade Hampton
1-unit, detached	59.7%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	10.1%
20 or more units	6.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Mauldin	Wade Hampton
Poverty rate	8.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1994	1973