Buford vs Tradesville

A side-by-side comparison of Buford and Tradesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buford has the higher population (283 vs 74 in Tradesville). Buford has the higher median household income ($77,639 vs $38,333 in Tradesville). Since 2019, Tradesville's population has grown faster (-17.8% vs -60.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Buford	Tradesville
Population	283	74
Median age	42.1 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	$38,333
Median home value	$188,800	—
Housing units	163	30
Homeownership rate	92.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buford	Tradesville
Population	708 → 283 (-60.0%)	90 → 74 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$77,566 → $77,639 (+0.1%)	$33,472 → $38,333 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $188,800 (+60.4%)	$210,700 → $105,900 (-49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,349 (+17.3%)	—

Buford

Population

708283

Median household income

$77,566$77,639

Median home value

$117,700$188,800

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,349

Tradesville

Population

9074

Median household income

$33,472$38,333

Median home value

$210,700$105,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buford	Tradesville
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.2%	24.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.1%	28.4%
65 to 74	18.4%	32.4%
75 and over	5.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buford	Tradesville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buford	Tradesville
No high school diploma	15.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	52.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buford	Tradesville
Drove alone	51.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	0.0%
Other means	11.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buford	Tradesville
1-unit, detached	57.7%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.3%	60.0%

Poverty & households

	Buford	Tradesville
Poverty rate	6.4%	27.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.47
Median year structure built	1979	2005