Buford vs Van Wyck

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

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

Van Wyck has the higher population (970 vs 283 in Buford). Van Wyck has the higher median home value ($245,400 vs $188,800 in Buford). Since 2019, Van Wyck's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -60.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Buford	Van Wyck
Population	283	970
Median age	42.1 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	—
Median home value	$188,800	$245,400
Median gross rent	—	$758
Housing units	163	449
Homeownership rate	92.3%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buford	Van Wyck
Population	708 → 283 (-60.0%)	920 → 970 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$77,566 → $77,639 (+0.1%)	$67,609 → $40,848 (-39.6%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $188,800 (+60.4%)	$218,700 → $245,400 (+12.2%)
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

Van Wyck

Population

920970

Median household income

$67,609$40,848

Median home value

$218,700$245,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buford	Van Wyck
Under 5	6.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	21.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	19.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	18.4%	10.4%
75 and over	5.7%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buford	Van Wyck
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buford	Van Wyck
No high school diploma	15.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buford	Van Wyck
Drove alone	51.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	12.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	13.4%
Other means	11.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buford	Van Wyck
1-unit, detached	57.7%	73.3%
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%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Buford	Van Wyck
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1979	2000