Joanna vs Watts Mills

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

Joanna 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 1,375 in Joanna). Watts Mills has the higher median household income ($47,192 vs $42,169 in Joanna). Since 2019, Watts Mills's population has grown faster (+63.4% vs +8.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Joanna	Watts Mills
Population	1,375	2,250
Median age	42.5 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,169	$47,192
Median home value	$107,800	—
Median gross rent	$597	$818
Housing units	796	656
Homeownership rate	63.4%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joanna	Watts Mills
Population	1,267 → 1,375 (+8.5%)	1,377 → 2,250 (+63.4%)
Median household income	$53,438 → $42,169 (-21.1%)	$24,091 → $47,192 (+95.9%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $107,800 (+59.7%)	$70,900 → $43,900 (-38.1%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $597 (+10.4%)	$823 → $818 (-0.6%)

Joanna

Population

1,2671,375

Median household income

$53,438$42,169

Median home value

$67,500$107,800

Median gross rent

$541$597

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)

	Joanna	Watts Mills
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	6.8%	23.6%
18 to 24	19.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	36.4%
35 to 44	17.2%	5.9%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	4.2%
75 and over	7.1%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joanna	Watts Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	51.2%
Black or African American	7.3%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	34.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joanna	Watts Mills
No high school diploma	14.3%	44.0%
High school graduate	48.7%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joanna	Watts Mills
Drove alone	90.0%	58.3%
Carpooled	2.3%	40.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joanna	Watts Mills
1-unit, detached	75.3%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	36.3%

Poverty & households

	Joanna	Watts Mills
Poverty rate	17.2%	9.2%
Average household size	2.19	3.79
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1964	1975