Bennettsville vs McColl

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

Bennettsville and McColl 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 2,453 in McColl). Bennettsville has the higher median household income ($40,889 vs $33,925 in McColl). Bennettsville has the higher median home value ($82,700 vs $47,100 in McColl).

Population, income & housing

	Bennettsville	McColl
Population	6,798	2,453
Median age	40.9 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,889	$33,925
Median home value	$82,700	$47,100
Median gross rent	$650	$480
Housing units	3,494	1,004
Homeownership rate	47.8%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennettsville	McColl
Population	8,062 → 6,798 (-15.7%)	2,038 → 2,453 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$30,440 → $40,889 (+34.3%)	$30,600 → $33,925 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $82,700 (+3.9%)	$57,300 → $47,100 (-17.8%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $650 (+1.1%)	$449 → $480 (+6.9%)

Bennettsville

Population

8,0626,798

Median household income

$30,440$40,889

Median home value

$79,600$82,700

Median gross rent

$643$650

McColl

Population

2,0382,453

Median household income

$30,600$33,925

Median home value

$57,300$47,100

Median gross rent

$449$480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennettsville	McColl
Under 5	7.4%	8.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	23.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.9%
75 and over	10.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennettsville	McColl
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	50.6%
Black or African American	61.0%	25.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	6.4%
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%	13.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennettsville	McColl
No high school diploma	11.1%	31.4%
High school graduate	46.2%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennettsville	McColl
Drove alone	93.0%	86.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennettsville	McColl
1-unit, detached	82.7%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Bennettsville	McColl
Poverty rate	23.5%	28.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1968	1972