Kershaw vs Van Wyck

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

Kershaw 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.

Kershaw has the higher population (2,220 vs 970 in Van Wyck). Van Wyck has the higher median home value ($245,400 vs $145,800 in Kershaw). Since 2019, Kershaw's population has grown faster (+21.2% vs +5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Kershaw	Van Wyck
Population	2,220	970
Median age	34.5 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,077	—
Median home value	$145,800	$245,400
Median gross rent	$893	$758
Housing units	886	449
Homeownership rate	70.3%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kershaw	Van Wyck
Population	1,832 → 2,220 (+21.2%)	920 → 970 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$41,518 → $58,077 (+39.9%)	$67,609 → $40,848 (-39.6%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $145,800 (+67.0%)	$218,700 → $245,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $893 (+13.0%)	—

Kershaw

Population

1,8322,220

Median household income

$41,518$58,077

Median home value

$87,300$145,800

Median gross rent

$790$893

Van Wyck

Population

920970

Median household income

$67,609$40,848

Median home value

$218,700$245,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kershaw	Van Wyck
Under 5	8.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.4%
75 and over	7.3%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kershaw	Van Wyck
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	83.0%
Black or African American	24.7%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	12.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kershaw	Van Wyck
No high school diploma	12.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	40.2%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kershaw	Van Wyck
Drove alone	85.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kershaw	Van Wyck
1-unit, detached	88.1%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Kershaw	Van Wyck
Poverty rate	17.0%	5.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1962	2000