Cross Hill vs Watts Mills

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

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

Watts Mills has the higher population (2,250 vs 502 in Cross Hill). Watts Mills has the higher median household income ($47,192 vs $37,083 in Cross Hill). Since 2019, Watts Mills's population has grown faster (+63.4% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Hill	Watts Mills
Population	502	2,250
Median age	53.3 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$47,192
Median home value	$80,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,013	$818
Housing units	318	656
Homeownership rate	86.2%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Hill	Watts Mills
Population	545 → 502 (-7.9%)	1,377 → 2,250 (+63.4%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $37,083 (+13.0%)	$24,091 → $47,192 (+95.9%)
Median home value	$56,000 → $80,400 (+43.6%)	$70,900 → $43,900 (-38.1%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $1,013 (+52.8%)	$823 → $818 (-0.6%)

Cross Hill

Population

545502

Median household income

$32,813$37,083

Median home value

$56,000$80,400

Median gross rent

$663$1,013

Watts Mills

Population

1,3772,250

Median household income

$24,091$47,192

Median home value

$70,900$43,900

Median gross rent

$823$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Hill	Watts Mills
Under 5	1.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	23.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	36.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.9%
45 to 54	16.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	27.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	4.2%
75 and over	8.4%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Hill	Watts Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	51.2%
Black or African American	45.2%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	34.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Hill	Watts Mills
No high school diploma	15.5%	44.0%
High school graduate	62.9%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Hill	Watts Mills
Drove alone	88.3%	58.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	40.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.7%
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	Watts Mills
1-unit, detached	39.9%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	60.1%	36.3%

Poverty & households

	Cross Hill	Watts Mills
Poverty rate	14.5%	9.2%
Average household size	1.98	3.79
Mean commute (minutes)	42	28
Median year structure built	1980	1975