Gilbert vs Swansea

A side-by-side comparison of Gilbert and Swansea: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Swansea has the higher population (700 vs 563 in Gilbert). Gilbert has the higher median household income ($76,364 vs $49,271 in Swansea). Gilbert has the higher median home value ($239,100 vs $112,500 in Swansea).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbert	Swansea
Population	563	700
Median age	40.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,364	$49,271
Median home value	$239,100	$112,500
Median gross rent	$980	$983
Housing units	243	375
Homeownership rate	82.2%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbert	Swansea
Population	701 → 563 (-19.7%)	897 → 700 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$69,028 → $76,364 (+10.6%)	$33,036 → $49,271 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$201,300 → $239,100 (+18.8%)	$97,400 → $112,500 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $980 (+18.8%)	$763 → $983 (+28.8%)

Gilbert

Population

701563

Median household income

$69,028$76,364

Median home value

$201,300$239,100

Median gross rent

$825$980

Swansea

Population

897700

Median household income

$33,036$49,271

Median home value

$97,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$763$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilbert	Swansea
Under 5	8.7%	8.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.3%
75 and over	4.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbert	Swansea
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	33.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	60.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbert	Swansea
No high school diploma	8.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	35.0%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbert	Swansea
Drove alone	82.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	10.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbert	Swansea
1-unit, detached	72.0%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Gilbert	Swansea
Poverty rate	5.3%	26.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1995	1976