Clarks Hill vs Mount Carmel

A side-by-side comparison of Clarks Hill and Mount Carmel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Carmel has the higher population (338 vs 125 in Clarks Hill). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($41,534 vs $40,714 in Clarks Hill). Since 2019, Mount Carmel's population has grown faster (+45.1% vs -60.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Hill	Mount Carmel
Population	125	338
Median age	73.0 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,714	$41,534
Median home value	—	$83,000
Housing units	185	188
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Hill	Mount Carmel
Population	320 → 125 (-60.9%)	233 → 338 (+45.1%)
Median household income	$26,500 → $40,714 (+53.6%)	$36,467 → $41,534 (+13.9%)
Median home value	—	$66,700 → $83,000 (+24.4%)

Clarks Hill

Population

320125

Median household income

$26,500$40,714

Mount Carmel

Population

233338

Median household income

$36,467$41,534

Median home value

$66,700$83,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks Hill	Mount Carmel
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	14.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	4.8%	19.8%
65 to 74	39.2%	47.9%
75 and over	32.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Hill	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	21.6%	0.0%
Black or African American	78.4%	100.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Hill	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	37.4%	31.5%
High school graduate	46.7%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Hill	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	97.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Hill	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	29.2%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	70.8%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Hill	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	18.4%	16.6%
Average household size	1.45	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	44
Median year structure built	1991	1976