Gifford vs Yemassee

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

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

Yemassee has the higher population (1,007 vs 200 in Gifford). Yemassee has the higher median household income ($36,923 vs $29,583 in Gifford). Yemassee has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $91,900 in Gifford).

Population, income & housing

	Gifford	Yemassee
Population	200	1,007
Median age	37.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$29,583	$36,923
Median home value	$91,900	$169,800
Median gross rent	$664	$736
Housing units	103	568
Homeownership rate	67.9%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gifford	Yemassee
Population	266 → 200 (-24.8%)	979 → 1,007 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$27,014 → $29,583 (+9.5%)	$38,370 → $36,923 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$46,900 → $91,900 (+95.9%)	$98,100 → $169,800 (+73.1%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $664 (-3.6%)	$474 → $736 (+55.3%)

Gifford

Population

266200

Median household income

$27,014$29,583

Median home value

$46,900$91,900

Median gross rent

$689$664

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)

	Gifford	Yemassee
Under 5	2.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	31.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	4.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.4%
75 and over	15.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gifford	Yemassee
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	32.3%
Black or African American	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gifford	Yemassee
No high school diploma	48.5%	15.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	7.9%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gifford	Yemassee
Drove alone	65.4%	72.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	13.4%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	6.9%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gifford	Yemassee
1-unit, detached	69.9%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	30.1%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Gifford	Yemassee
Poverty rate	17.5%	31.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1984	1990