Irwin vs Van Wyck

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

Irwin 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.

Irwin has the higher population (1,801 vs 970 in Van Wyck). Van Wyck has the higher median home value ($245,400 vs $169,100 in Irwin). Since 2019, Irwin's population has grown faster (+29.1% vs +5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Irwin	Van Wyck
Population	1,801	970
Median age	39.6 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,795	—
Median home value	$169,100	$245,400
Median gross rent	$889	$758
Housing units	708	449
Homeownership rate	82.1%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irwin	Van Wyck
Population	1,395 → 1,801 (+29.1%)	920 → 970 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$34,545 → $53,795 (+55.7%)	$67,609 → $40,848 (-39.6%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $169,100 (+111.9%)	$218,700 → $245,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $889 (-3.9%)	—

Irwin

Population

1,3951,801

Median household income

$34,545$53,795

Median home value

$79,800$169,100

Median gross rent

$925$889

Van Wyck

Population

920970

Median household income

$67,609$40,848

Median home value

$218,700$245,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Irwin	Van Wyck
Under 5	6.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	13.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	20.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	7.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.9%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irwin	Van Wyck
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	83.0%
Black or African American	35.5%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	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	6.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irwin	Van Wyck
No high school diploma	16.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	46.7%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irwin	Van Wyck
Drove alone	94.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irwin	Van Wyck
1-unit, detached	89.5%	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	10.5%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Irwin	Van Wyck
Poverty rate	35.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1963	2000