Elgin vs Van Wyck

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

Elgin 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.

Elgin has the higher population (2,258 vs 970 in Van Wyck). Van Wyck has the higher median home value ($245,400 vs $177,700 in Elgin). Since 2019, Van Wyck's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -23.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Van Wyck
Population	2,258	970
Median age	52.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	—
Median home value	$177,700	$245,400
Median gross rent	$744	$758
Housing units	965	449
Homeownership rate	85.8%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Van Wyck
Population	2,932 → 2,258 (-23.0%)	920 → 970 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$44,939 → $74,167 (+65.0%)	$67,609 → $40,848 (-39.6%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $177,700 (+31.8%)	$218,700 → $245,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $744 (-14.7%)	—

Elgin

Population

2,9322,258

Median household income

$44,939$74,167

Median home value

$134,800$177,700

Median gross rent

$872$744

Van Wyck

Population

920970

Median household income

$67,609$40,848

Median home value

$218,700$245,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Van Wyck
Under 5	3.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	16.3%	10.4%
75 and over	15.9%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Van Wyck
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	83.0%
Black or African American	6.7%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	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	1.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Van Wyck
No high school diploma	24.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Van Wyck
Drove alone	93.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Van Wyck
1-unit, detached	82.1%	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	17.9%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Van Wyck
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1985	2000