Bennettsville vs Blenheim

A side-by-side comparison of Bennettsville and Blenheim: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bennettsville has the higher population (6,798 vs 46 in Blenheim). Blenheim has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $40,889 in Bennettsville). Blenheim has the higher median home value ($142,500 vs $82,700 in Bennettsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bennettsville	Blenheim
Population	6,798	46
Median age	40.9 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,889	$66,667
Median home value	$82,700	$142,500
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	3,494	30
Homeownership rate	47.8%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennettsville	Blenheim
Population	8,062 → 6,798 (-15.7%)	181 → 46 (-74.6%)
Median household income	$30,440 → $40,889 (+34.3%)	$51,458 → $66,667 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $82,700 (+3.9%)	$52,000 → $142,500 (+174.0%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $650 (+1.1%)	—

Bennettsville

Population

8,0626,798

Median household income

$30,440$40,889

Median home value

$79,600$82,700

Median gross rent

$643$650

Blenheim

Population

18146

Median household income

$51,458$66,667

Median home value

$52,000$142,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennettsville	Blenheim
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	23.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	23.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	4.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	0.0%
75 and over	10.1%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennettsville	Blenheim
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	76.1%
Black or African American	61.0%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	13.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennettsville	Blenheim
No high school diploma	11.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennettsville	Blenheim
Drove alone	93.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennettsville	Blenheim
1-unit, detached	82.7%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Bennettsville	Blenheim
Poverty rate	23.5%	11.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1968	1956