Ninety Six vs Troy

A side-by-side comparison of Ninety Six and Troy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ninety Six has the higher population (2,635 vs 164 in Troy). Ninety Six has the higher median household income ($53,438 vs $45,833 in Troy). Since 2019, Troy's population has grown faster (+67.3% vs +37.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Ninety Six	Troy
Population	2,635	164
Median age	38.3 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$45,833
Median home value	$114,000	—
Median gross rent	$859	—
Housing units	1,071	60
Homeownership rate	70.7%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ninety Six	Troy
Population	1,918 → 2,635 (+37.4%)	98 → 164 (+67.3%)
Median household income	$50,400 → $53,438 (+6.0%)	$71,250 → $45,833 (-35.7%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $114,000 (+26.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$743 → $859 (+15.6%)	—

Ninety Six

Population

1,9182,635

Median household income

$50,400$53,438

Median home value

$90,200$114,000

Median gross rent

$743$859

Troy

Population

98164

Median household income

$71,250$45,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ninety Six	Troy
Under 5	6.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	23.7%	32.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	14.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	4.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	6.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.5%
75 and over	7.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ninety Six	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	95.7%
Black or African American	17.5%	1.8%
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	3.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ninety Six	Troy
No high school diploma	9.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	27.6%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ninety Six	Troy
Drove alone	93.0%	90.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ninety Six	Troy
1-unit, detached	86.6%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	48.3%

Poverty & households

	Ninety Six	Troy
Poverty rate	18.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1951	1973