Bennettsville vs Wallace

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

Bennettsville and Wallace 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 669 in Wallace). Bennettsville has the higher median home value ($82,700 vs $75,800 in Wallace). Since 2019, Wallace's population has grown faster (-2.9% vs -15.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bennettsville	Wallace
Population	6,798	669
Median age	40.9 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,889	—
Median home value	$82,700	$75,800
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	3,494	383
Homeownership rate	47.8%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennettsville	Wallace
Population	8,062 → 6,798 (-15.7%)	689 → 669 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$30,440 → $40,889 (+34.3%)	$34,609 → $19,423 (-43.9%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $82,700 (+3.9%)	$46,100 → $75,800 (+64.4%)
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

Wallace

Population

689669

Median household income

$34,609$19,423

Median home value

$46,100$75,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennettsville	Wallace
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	7.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	19.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	6.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	20.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	18.7%
75 and over	10.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennettsville	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	43.3%
Black or African American	61.0%	38.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	9.0%
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%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennettsville	Wallace
No high school diploma	11.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	46.2%	64.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennettsville	Wallace
Drove alone	93.0%	77.5%
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%	3.9%
Other means	0.2%	18.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennettsville	Wallace
1-unit, detached	82.7%	56.4%
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%	43.6%

Poverty & households

	Bennettsville	Wallace
Poverty rate	23.5%	16.1%
Average household size	2.32	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1968	1987