Estill vs Furman

A side-by-side comparison of Estill and Furman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Estill has the higher population (2,287 vs 747 in Furman). Furman has the higher median household income ($57,708 vs $36,547 in Estill). Furman has the higher median home value ($83,000 vs $79,500 in Estill).

Population, income & housing

	Estill	Furman
Population	2,287	747
Median age	32.0 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,547	$57,708
Median home value	$79,500	$83,000
Median gross rent	$760	$670
Housing units	943	265
Homeownership rate	56.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estill	Furman
Population	3,282 → 2,287 (-30.3%)	216 → 747 (+245.8%)
Median household income	$26,566 → $36,547 (+37.6%)	$43,750 → $57,708 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $79,500 (+1.8%)	$61,300 → $83,000 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $760 (+48.7%)	$513 → $670 (+30.6%)

Estill

Population

3,2822,287

Median household income

$26,566$36,547

Median home value

$78,100$79,500

Median gross rent

$511$760

Furman

Population

216747

Median household income

$43,750$57,708

Median home value

$61,300$83,000

Median gross rent

$513$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estill	Furman
Under 5	8.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	14.6%
25 to 34	23.8%	22.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	17.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	4.2%	7.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	5.8%
75 and over	8.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estill	Furman
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	53.8%
Black or African American	84.1%	45.1%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estill	Furman
No high school diploma	17.1%	20.5%
High school graduate	46.1%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estill	Furman
Drove alone	70.8%	91.8%
Carpooled	25.1%	5.6%
Public transit	3.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estill	Furman
1-unit, detached	59.0%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Estill	Furman
Poverty rate	27.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.95	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	43	41
Median year structure built	1981	1983