Varnville vs Yemassee

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

Varnville and Yemassee 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 1,007 in Yemassee). Varnville has the higher median household income ($52,800 vs $36,923 in Yemassee). Yemassee has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $105,500 in Varnville).

Population, income & housing

	Varnville	Yemassee
Population	2,433	1,007
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,800	$36,923
Median home value	$105,500	$169,800
Median gross rent	$1,018	$736
Housing units	1,032	568
Homeownership rate	60.1%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Varnville	Yemassee
Population	1,854 → 2,433 (+31.2%)	979 → 1,007 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$34,352 → $52,800 (+53.7%)	$38,370 → $36,923 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $105,500 (+26.3%)	$98,100 → $169,800 (+73.1%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $1,018 (+39.1%)	$474 → $736 (+55.3%)

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

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)

	Varnville	Yemassee
Under 5	4.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	17.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.4%
75 and over	8.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Varnville	Yemassee
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	32.3%
Black or African American	58.9%	61.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Varnville	Yemassee
No high school diploma	7.5%	15.2%
High school graduate	46.5%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Varnville	Yemassee
Drove alone	74.6%	72.5%
Carpooled	19.9%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	6.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Varnville	Yemassee
1-unit, detached	65.8%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Varnville	Yemassee
Poverty rate	17.3%	31.4%
Average household size	2.76	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1977	1990