Bethune vs Boykin

A side-by-side comparison of Bethune and Boykin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethune has the higher population (421 vs 134 in Boykin). Boykin has the higher median household income ($134,219 vs $42,656 in Bethune). Since 2019, Bethune's population has grown faster (+65.7% vs -27.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bethune	Boykin
Population	421	134
Median age	38.0 yrs	66.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,656	$134,219
Median home value	$96,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,644	—
Housing units	244	49
Homeownership rate	67.7%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethune	Boykin
Population	254 → 421 (+65.7%)	185 → 134 (-27.6%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $42,656 (+26.4%)	$98,145 → $134,219 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $96,400 (+18.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,644 (+112.1%)	—

Bethune

Population

254421

Median household income

$33,750$42,656

Median home value

$81,500$96,400

Median gross rent

$775$1,644

Boykin

Population

185134

Median household income

$98,145$134,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethune	Boykin
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	6.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	26.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	1.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	47.8%
75 and over	9.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethune	Boykin
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	97.0%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	1.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethune	Boykin
No high school diploma	22.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	20.1%	73.8%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethune	Boykin
Drove alone	85.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethune	Boykin
1-unit, detached	94.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethune	Boykin
Poverty rate	35.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1959	1986