Bennettsville vs Tatum

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

Bennettsville and Tatum 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 97 in Tatum). Bennettsville has the higher median household income ($40,889 vs $34,583 in Tatum). Tatum has the higher median home value ($101,600 vs $82,700 in Bennettsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bennettsville	Tatum
Population	6,798	97
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,889	$34,583
Median home value	$82,700	$101,600
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	3,494	55
Homeownership rate	47.8%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	25.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennettsville	Tatum
Population	8,062 → 6,798 (-15.7%)	71 → 97 (+36.6%)
Median household income	$30,440 → $40,889 (+34.3%)	$24,250 → $34,583 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $82,700 (+3.9%)	$81,700 → $101,600 (+24.4%)
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

Tatum

Population

7197

Median household income

$24,250$34,583

Median home value

$81,700$101,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennettsville	Tatum
Under 5	7.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	32.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.2%
75 and over	10.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennettsville	Tatum
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	62.9%
Black or African American	61.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	37.1%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennettsville	Tatum
No high school diploma	11.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.2%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennettsville	Tatum
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	Tatum
1-unit, detached	82.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bennettsville	Tatum
Poverty rate	23.5%	2.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1968	1964