Simpsonville vs Wade Hampton

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

Simpsonville 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.

Simpsonville has the higher population (25,125 vs 20,703 in Wade Hampton). Simpsonville has the higher median household income ($79,233 vs $75,522 in Wade Hampton). Wade Hampton has the higher median home value ($293,300 vs $267,500 in Simpsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Simpsonville	Wade Hampton
Population	25,125	20,703
Median age	36.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,233	$75,522
Median home value	$267,500	$293,300
Median gross rent	$1,322	$1,064
Housing units	10,267	9,824
Homeownership rate	66.7%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Simpsonville	Wade Hampton
Population	22,234 → 25,125 (+13.0%)	20,906 → 20,703 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$71,990 → $79,233 (+10.1%)	$54,331 → $75,522 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $267,500 (+54.3%)	$185,900 → $293,300 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,322 (+24.8%)	$907 → $1,064 (+17.3%)

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

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)

	Simpsonville	Wade Hampton
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.9%
75 and over	5.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Simpsonville	Wade Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	76.2%
Black or African American	19.5%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Simpsonville	Wade Hampton
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	27.3%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Simpsonville	Wade Hampton
Drove alone	78.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	13.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Simpsonville	Wade Hampton
1-unit, detached	68.7%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	10.1%
20 or more units	8.5%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Simpsonville	Wade Hampton
Poverty rate	6.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1999	1973