Estill vs Varnville

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

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

Varnville has the higher population (2,433 vs 2,287 in Estill). Varnville has the higher median household income ($52,800 vs $36,547 in Estill). Varnville has the higher median home value ($105,500 vs $79,500 in Estill).

Population, income & housing

	Estill	Varnville
Population	2,287	2,433
Median age	32.0 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,547	$52,800
Median home value	$79,500	$105,500
Median gross rent	$760	$1,018
Housing units	943	1,032
Homeownership rate	56.4%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estill	Varnville
Population	3,282 → 2,287 (-30.3%)	1,854 → 2,433 (+31.2%)
Median household income	$26,566 → $36,547 (+37.6%)	$34,352 → $52,800 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $79,500 (+1.8%)	$83,500 → $105,500 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $760 (+48.7%)	$732 → $1,018 (+39.1%)

Estill

Population

3,2822,287

Median household income

$26,566$36,547

Median home value

$78,100$79,500

Median gross rent

$511$760

Varnville

Population

1,8542,433

Median household income

$34,352$52,800

Median home value

$83,500$105,500

Median gross rent

$732$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estill	Varnville
Under 5	8.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	23.8%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	17.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	4.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.7%
75 and over	8.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estill	Varnville
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	34.8%
Black or African American	84.1%	58.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estill	Varnville
No high school diploma	17.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	46.1%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estill	Varnville
Drove alone	70.8%	74.6%
Carpooled	25.1%	19.9%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estill	Varnville
1-unit, detached	59.0%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Estill	Varnville
Poverty rate	27.6%	17.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	43	29
Median year structure built	1981	1977