Buford vs Unity

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

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

Unity has the higher population (655 vs 283 in Buford). Buford has the higher median household income ($77,639 vs $37,037 in Unity). Since 2019, Unity's population has grown faster (+2.2% vs -60.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Buford	Unity
Population	283	655
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	$37,037
Median home value	$188,800	—
Housing units	163	235
Homeownership rate	92.3%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buford	Unity
Population	708 → 283 (-60.0%)	641 → 655 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$77,566 → $77,639 (+0.1%)	$60,938 → $37,037 (-39.2%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $188,800 (+60.4%)	$160,200 → $206,400 (+28.8%)
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

Unity

Population

641655

Median household income

$60,938$37,037

Median home value

$160,200$206,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buford	Unity
Under 5	6.7%	15.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	5.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	21.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	10.8%
75 and over	5.7%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buford	Unity
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	42.4%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	56.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buford	Unity
No high school diploma	15.4%	31.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buford	Unity
Drove alone	51.5%	83.8%
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%	4.0%
Other means	11.9%	12.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buford	Unity
1-unit, detached	57.7%	38.3%
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%	61.7%

Poverty & households

	Buford	Unity
Poverty rate	6.4%	57.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	1979	1998