Cross Hill vs Laurens

A side-by-side comparison of Cross Hill and Laurens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurens has the higher population (9,307 vs 502 in Cross Hill). Laurens has the higher median household income ($55,207 vs $37,083 in Cross Hill). Laurens has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $80,400 in Cross Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Hill	Laurens
Population	502	9,307
Median age	53.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$55,207
Median home value	$80,400	$139,800
Median gross rent	$1,013	$795
Housing units	318	4,307
Homeownership rate	86.2%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Hill	Laurens
Population	545 → 502 (-7.9%)	8,867 → 9,307 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $37,083 (+13.0%)	$40,738 → $55,207 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$56,000 → $80,400 (+43.6%)	$93,700 → $139,800 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $1,013 (+52.8%)	$720 → $795 (+10.4%)

Cross Hill

Population

545502

Median household income

$32,813$37,083

Median home value

$56,000$80,400

Median gross rent

$663$1,013

Laurens

Population

8,8679,307

Median household income

$40,738$55,207

Median home value

$93,700$139,800

Median gross rent

$720$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Hill	Laurens
Under 5	1.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	4.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	16.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	27.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.7%
75 and over	8.4%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Hill	Laurens
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	54.5%
Black or African American	45.2%	34.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Hill	Laurens
No high school diploma	15.5%	19.7%
High school graduate	62.9%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Hill	Laurens
Drove alone	88.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Hill	Laurens
1-unit, detached	39.9%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	60.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Cross Hill	Laurens
Poverty rate	14.5%	22.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	42	22
Median year structure built	1980	1975