Clarks Hill vs Plum Branch

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

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

Clarks Hill has the higher population (125 vs 95 in Plum Branch). Plum Branch has the higher median household income ($145,833 vs $40,714 in Clarks Hill). Since 2019, Plum Branch's population has grown faster (+9.2% vs -60.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Hill	Plum Branch
Population	125	95
Median age	73.0 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,714	$145,833
Median home value	—	$121,900
Housing units	185	64
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Hill	Plum Branch
Population	320 → 125 (-60.9%)	87 → 95 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$26,500 → $40,714 (+53.6%)	$118,250 → $145,833 (+23.3%)
Median home value	—	$75,000 → $121,900 (+62.5%)

Clarks Hill

Population

320125

Median household income

$26,500$40,714

Plum Branch

Population

8795

Median household income

$118,250$145,833

Median home value

$75,000$121,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks Hill	Plum Branch
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	14.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	23.2%
55 to 64	4.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	39.2%	12.6%
75 and over	32.8%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Hill	Plum Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	21.6%	91.6%
Black or African American	78.4%	8.4%
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	Plum Branch
No high school diploma	37.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Hill	Plum Branch
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	Plum Branch
1-unit, detached	29.2%	79.7%
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%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Hill	Plum Branch
Poverty rate	18.4%	23.2%
Average household size	1.45	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1991	1960