Unity vs Van Wyck

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

Unity 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 655 in Unity). Since 2019, Van Wyck's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs +2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Unity	Van Wyck
Population	655	970
Median age	40.5 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,037	—
Median home value	—	$245,400
Median gross rent	—	$758
Housing units	235	449
Homeownership rate	86.4%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Unity	Van Wyck
Population	641 → 655 (+2.2%)	920 → 970 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$60,938 → $37,037 (-39.2%)	$67,609 → $40,848 (-39.6%)
Median home value	$160,200 → $206,400 (+28.8%)	$218,700 → $245,400 (+12.2%)

Unity

Population

641655

Median household income

$60,938$37,037

Median home value

$160,200$206,400

Van Wyck

Population

920970

Median household income

$67,609$40,848

Median home value

$218,700$245,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Unity	Van Wyck
Under 5	15.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	5.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	19.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	4.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.4%
75 and over	2.7%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Unity	Van Wyck
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	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	1.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	56.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Unity	Van Wyck
No high school diploma	31.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	31.8%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Unity	Van Wyck
Drove alone	83.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	13.4%
Other means	12.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Unity	Van Wyck
1-unit, detached	38.3%	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	61.7%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Unity	Van Wyck
Poverty rate	57.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	38	36
Median year structure built	1998	2000