Cayce vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Cayce and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cayce has the higher population (13,718 vs 12,031 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($75,506 vs $58,095 in Cayce). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($195,700 vs $158,900 in Cayce).

Population, income & housing

	Cayce	Oak Grove
Population	13,718	12,031
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,095	$75,506
Median home value	$158,900	$195,700
Median gross rent	$1,358	$988
Housing units	7,106	5,555
Homeownership rate	59.1%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cayce	Oak Grove
Population	13,600 → 13,718 (+0.9%)	10,835 → 12,031 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$52,582 → $58,095 (+10.5%)	$49,390 → $75,506 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $158,900 (+22.3%)	$130,300 → $195,700 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,001 → $1,358 (+35.7%)	$953 → $988 (+3.7%)

Cayce

Population

13,60013,718

Median household income

$52,582$58,095

Median home value

$129,900$158,900

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,358

Oak Grove

Population

10,83512,031

Median household income

$49,390$75,506

Median home value

$130,300$195,700

Median gross rent

$953$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cayce	Oak Grove
Under 5	5.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	16.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	20.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.4%
75 and over	7.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cayce	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	68.9%
Black or African American	26.7%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cayce	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	31.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cayce	Oak Grove
Drove alone	86.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cayce	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	69.2%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Cayce	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	17.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1970	1991