Mountville vs Watts Mills

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

Mountville 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 100 in Mountville). Mountville has the higher median household income ($68,710 vs $47,192 in Watts Mills). Since 2019, Watts Mills's population has grown faster (+63.4% vs -3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Mountville	Watts Mills
Population	100	2,250
Median age	71.0 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,710	$47,192
Median gross rent	—	$818
Housing units	70	656
Homeownership rate	71.4%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountville	Watts Mills
Population	104 → 100 (-3.8%)	1,377 → 2,250 (+63.4%)
Median household income	$68,625 → $68,710 (+0.1%)	$24,091 → $47,192 (+95.9%)
Median home value	—	$70,900 → $43,900 (-38.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$823 → $818 (-0.6%)

Mountville

Population

104100

Median household income

$68,625$68,710

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)

	Mountville	Watts Mills
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	23.6%
18 to 24	16.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	36.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	33.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	31.0%	4.2%
75 and over	20.0%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountville	Watts Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	51.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	34.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountville	Watts Mills
No high school diploma	23.8%	44.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountville	Watts Mills
Drove alone	51.6%	58.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	40.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	48.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountville	Watts Mills
1-unit, detached	57.1%	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	42.9%	36.3%

Poverty & households

	Mountville	Watts Mills
Poverty rate	11.0%	9.2%
Average household size	1.43	3.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1978	1975