Cokesbury vs Ware Shoals

A side-by-side comparison of Cokesbury and Ware Shoals: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ware Shoals has the higher population (2,207 vs 341 in Cokesbury). Cokesbury has the higher median home value ($78,700 vs $63,600 in Ware Shoals). Since 2019, Cokesbury's population has grown faster (+74.9% vs -22.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cokesbury	Ware Shoals
Population	341	2,207
Median age	71.7 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,896
Median home value	$78,700	$63,600
Median gross rent	—	$881
Housing units	169	1,044
Homeownership rate	51.7%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cokesbury	Ware Shoals
Population	195 → 341 (+74.9%)	2,830 → 2,207 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$21,653 → $22,095 (+2.0%)	$38,342 → $35,896 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $78,700 (-12.2%)	$66,900 → $63,600 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$679 → $881 (+29.7%)

Cokesbury

Population

195341

Median household income

$21,653$22,095

Median home value

$89,600$78,700

Ware Shoals

Population

2,8302,207

Median household income

$38,342$35,896

Median home value

$66,900$63,600

Median gross rent

$679$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cokesbury	Ware Shoals
Under 5	0.0%	22.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.2%	5.6%
45 to 54	28.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	3.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	18.2%	11.9%
75 and over	43.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cokesbury	Ware Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	2.3%	49.7%
Black or African American	97.7%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cokesbury	Ware Shoals
No high school diploma	2.3%	22.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	59.5%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cokesbury	Ware Shoals
Drove alone	91.6%	87.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.2%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cokesbury	Ware Shoals
1-unit, detached	81.7%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Cokesbury	Ware Shoals
Poverty rate	0.0%	51.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1961	1954