Bethune vs Elgin

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

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

Elgin has the higher population (2,176 vs 421 in Bethune). Elgin has the higher median household income ($84,219 vs $42,656 in Bethune). Elgin has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $96,400 in Bethune).

Population, income & housing

	Bethune	Elgin
Population	421	2,176
Median age	38.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,656	$84,219
Median home value	$96,400	$204,300
Median gross rent	$1,644	$1,288
Housing units	244	758
Homeownership rate	67.7%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethune	Elgin
Population	254 → 421 (+65.7%)	1,757 → 2,176 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $42,656 (+26.4%)	$60,625 → $84,219 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $96,400 (+18.3%)	$147,100 → $204,300 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,644 (+112.1%)	$1,078 → $1,288 (+19.5%)

Bethune

Population

254421

Median household income

$33,750$42,656

Median home value

$81,500$96,400

Median gross rent

$775$1,644

Elgin

Population

1,7572,176

Median household income

$60,625$84,219

Median home value

$147,100$204,300

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethune	Elgin
Under 5	7.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	26.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	7.8%
75 and over	9.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethune	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	73.6%
Black or African American	5.9%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethune	Elgin
No high school diploma	22.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	20.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethune	Elgin
Drove alone	85.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethune	Elgin
1-unit, detached	94.3%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bethune	Elgin
Poverty rate	35.2%	4.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1959	1995