Conway vs Socastee

A side-by-side comparison of Conway and Socastee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Conway has the higher population (26,082 vs 24,629 in Socastee). Socastee has the higher median household income ($59,826 vs $54,841 in Conway). Conway has the higher median home value ($236,300 vs $218,200 in Socastee).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Socastee
Population	26,082	24,629
Median age	34.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,841	$59,826
Median home value	$236,300	$218,200
Median gross rent	$881	$1,244
Housing units	9,318	10,077
Homeownership rate	63.5%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Socastee
Population	23,838 → 26,082 (+9.4%)	24,964 → 24,629 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$42,508 → $54,841 (+29.0%)	$50,147 → $59,826 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $236,300 (+52.5%)	$165,400 → $218,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $881 (+6.8%)	$975 → $1,244 (+27.6%)

Conway

Population

23,83826,082

Median household income

$42,508$54,841

Median home value

$155,000$236,300

Median gross rent

$825$881

Socastee

Population

24,96424,629

Median household income

$50,147$59,826

Median home value

$165,400$218,200

Median gross rent

$975$1,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Socastee
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	22.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.7%
75 and over	5.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Socastee
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	69.4%
Black or African American	28.8%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Socastee
No high school diploma	10.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Socastee
Drove alone	76.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Socastee
1-unit, detached	72.4%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	14.3%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Socastee
Poverty rate	20.3%	13.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1994	1994