Pelion vs Swansea

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

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

Pelion has the higher population (1,147 vs 700 in Swansea). Pelion has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $49,271 in Swansea). Pelion has the higher median home value ($148,400 vs $112,500 in Swansea).

Population, income & housing

	Pelion	Swansea
Population	1,147	700
Median age	50.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$49,271
Median home value	$148,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$850	$983
Housing units	394	375
Homeownership rate	86.9%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pelion	Swansea
Population	695 → 1,147 (+65.0%)	897 → 700 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$63,194 → $61,250 (-3.1%)	$33,036 → $49,271 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$135,100 → $148,400 (+9.8%)	$97,400 → $112,500 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $850 (+25.9%)	$763 → $983 (+28.8%)

Pelion

Population

6951,147

Median household income

$63,194$61,250

Median home value

$135,100$148,400

Median gross rent

$675$850

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)

	Pelion	Swansea
Under 5	6.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	17.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	31.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	9.3%
75 and over	1.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pelion	Swansea
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	33.6%
Black or African American	4.4%	60.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pelion	Swansea
No high school diploma	22.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	31.8%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pelion	Swansea
Drove alone	85.2%	76.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pelion	Swansea
1-unit, detached	93.7%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Pelion	Swansea
Poverty rate	15.0%	26.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1984	1976