Elgin vs Springdale

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

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

Springdale has the higher population (2,422 vs 2,258 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $42,708 in Springdale). Elgin has the higher median home value ($177,700 vs $89,900 in Springdale).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Springdale
Population	2,258	2,422
Median age	52.3 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$42,708
Median home value	$177,700	$89,900
Median gross rent	$744	$923
Housing units	965	1,121
Homeownership rate	85.8%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Springdale
Population	2,932 → 2,258 (-23.0%)	2,576 → 2,422 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$44,939 → $74,167 (+65.0%)	$27,383 → $42,708 (+56.0%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $177,700 (+31.8%)	$75,200 → $89,900 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $744 (-14.7%)	$732 → $923 (+26.1%)

Elgin

Population

2,9322,258

Median household income

$44,939$74,167

Median home value

$134,800$177,700

Median gross rent

$872$744

Springdale

Population

2,5762,422

Median household income

$27,383$42,708

Median home value

$75,200$89,900

Median gross rent

$732$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Springdale
Under 5	3.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	13.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	19.7%
35 to 44	7.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	15.9%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	20.5%
65 to 74	16.3%	6.4%
75 and over	15.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	35.9%
Black or African American	6.7%	53.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	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	1.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Springdale
No high school diploma	24.4%	12.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Springdale
Drove alone	93.3%	68.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Springdale
1-unit, detached	82.1%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Springdale
Poverty rate	4.4%	17.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1985	1972