Bennettsville vs Clio

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

Bennettsville and Clio 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 591 in Clio). Bennettsville has the higher median household income ($40,889 vs $28,875 in Clio). Bennettsville has the higher median home value ($82,700 vs $69,300 in Clio).

Population, income & housing

	Bennettsville	Clio
Population	6,798	591
Median age	40.9 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,889	$28,875
Median home value	$82,700	$69,300
Median gross rent	$650	$542
Housing units	3,494	276
Homeownership rate	47.8%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennettsville	Clio
Population	8,062 → 6,798 (-15.7%)	766 → 591 (-22.8%)
Median household income	$30,440 → $40,889 (+34.3%)	$31,923 → $28,875 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $82,700 (+3.9%)	$56,300 → $69,300 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $650 (+1.1%)	$575 → $542 (-5.7%)

Bennettsville

Population

8,0626,798

Median household income

$30,440$40,889

Median home value

$79,600$82,700

Median gross rent

$643$650

Clio

Population

766591

Median household income

$31,923$28,875

Median home value

$56,300$69,300

Median gross rent

$575$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennettsville	Clio
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	5.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	15.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	3.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	31.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.2%
75 and over	10.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennettsville	Clio
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	13.7%
Black or African American	61.0%	57.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	10.0%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennettsville	Clio
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	46.2%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennettsville	Clio
Drove alone	93.0%	93.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennettsville	Clio
1-unit, detached	82.7%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Bennettsville	Clio
Poverty rate	23.5%	24.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	49
Median year structure built	1968	1971