Estill vs Yemassee

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

Estill and Yemassee 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 1,007 in Yemassee). Yemassee has the higher median household income ($36,923 vs $36,547 in Estill). Yemassee has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $79,500 in Estill).

Population, income & housing

	Estill	Yemassee
Population	2,287	1,007
Median age	32.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,547	$36,923
Median home value	$79,500	$169,800
Median gross rent	$760	$736
Housing units	943	568
Homeownership rate	56.4%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estill	Yemassee
Population	3,282 → 2,287 (-30.3%)	979 → 1,007 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$26,566 → $36,547 (+37.6%)	$38,370 → $36,923 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $79,500 (+1.8%)	$98,100 → $169,800 (+73.1%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $760 (+48.7%)	$474 → $736 (+55.3%)

Estill

Population

3,2822,287

Median household income

$26,566$36,547

Median home value

$78,100$79,500

Median gross rent

$511$760

Yemassee

Population

9791,007

Median household income

$38,370$36,923

Median home value

$98,100$169,800

Median gross rent

$474$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estill	Yemassee
Under 5	8.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	12.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	23.8%	15.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	4.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.4%
75 and over	8.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estill	Yemassee
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	32.3%
Black or African American	84.1%	61.7%
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%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estill	Yemassee
No high school diploma	17.1%	15.2%
High school graduate	46.1%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estill	Yemassee
Drove alone	70.8%	72.5%
Carpooled	25.1%	13.4%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estill	Yemassee
1-unit, detached	59.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Estill	Yemassee
Poverty rate	27.6%	31.4%
Average household size	2.95	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	43	31
Median year structure built	1981	1990