Cross Hill vs Princeton

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

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

Cross Hill has the higher population (502 vs 88 in Princeton). Princeton has the higher median household income ($143,684 vs $37,083 in Cross Hill). Since 2019, Princeton's population has grown faster (+8.6% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Hill	Princeton
Population	502	88
Median age	53.3 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$143,684
Median home value	$80,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,013	—
Housing units	318	32
Homeownership rate	86.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Hill	Princeton
Population	545 → 502 (-7.9%)	81 → 88 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $37,083 (+13.0%)	—
Median home value	$56,000 → $80,400 (+43.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$663 → $1,013 (+52.8%)	—

Cross Hill

Population

545502

Median household income

$32,813$37,083

Median home value

$56,000$80,400

Median gross rent

$663$1,013

Princeton

Population

8188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Hill	Princeton
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	36.4%
25 to 34	4.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.5%	42.0%
55 to 64	27.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.0%
75 and over	8.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Hill	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	45.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Hill	Princeton
No high school diploma	15.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	62.9%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Hill	Princeton
Drove alone	88.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Hill	Princeton
1-unit, detached	39.9%	100.0%
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	60.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cross Hill	Princeton
Poverty rate	14.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	42	35
Median year structure built	1980	1938