Troy vs Ware Shoals

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

Troy 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 164 in Troy). Troy has the higher median household income ($45,833 vs $35,896 in Ware Shoals). Since 2019, Troy's population has grown faster (+67.3% vs -22.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Troy	Ware Shoals
Population	164	2,207
Median age	24.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,833	$35,896
Median home value	—	$63,600
Median gross rent	—	$881
Housing units	60	1,044
Homeownership rate	91.1%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Troy	Ware Shoals
Population	98 → 164 (+67.3%)	2,830 → 2,207 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $45,833 (-35.7%)	$38,342 → $35,896 (-6.4%)
Median home value	—	$66,900 → $63,600 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$679 → $881 (+29.7%)

Troy

Population

98164

Median household income

$71,250$45,833

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)

	Troy	Ware Shoals
Under 5	3.7%	22.4%
5 to 17	32.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	14.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	4.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	4.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	6.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.9%
75 and over	7.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Troy	Ware Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	49.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	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	2.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Troy	Ware Shoals
No high school diploma	8.6%	22.1%
High school graduate	23.5%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	53.1%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Troy	Ware Shoals
Drove alone	90.9%	87.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Troy	Ware Shoals
1-unit, detached	51.7%	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	48.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Troy	Ware Shoals
Poverty rate	8.6%	51.2%
Average household size	2.93	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1973	1954