McCormick vs Mount Carmel

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

McCormick 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.

McCormick has the higher population (2,681 vs 338 in Mount Carmel). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($41,534 vs $40,269 in McCormick). McCormick has the higher median home value ($88,400 vs $83,000 in Mount Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	McCormick	Mount Carmel
Population	2,681	338
Median age	45.7 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,269	$41,534
Median home value	$88,400	$83,000
Median gross rent	$640	—
Housing units	872	188
Homeownership rate	54.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McCormick	Mount Carmel
Population	2,992 → 2,681 (-10.4%)	233 → 338 (+45.1%)
Median household income	$32,554 → $40,269 (+23.7%)	$36,467 → $41,534 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $88,400 (+17.4%)	$66,700 → $83,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $640 (+19.2%)	—

McCormick

Population

2,9922,681

Median household income

$32,554$40,269

Median home value

$75,300$88,400

Median gross rent

$537$640

Mount Carmel

Population

233338

Median household income

$36,467$41,534

Median home value

$66,700$83,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McCormick	Mount Carmel
Under 5	4.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	5.9%
55 to 64	17.8%	19.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	47.9%
75 and over	9.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McCormick	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	60.6%	100.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McCormick	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	24.9%	31.5%
High school graduate	45.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McCormick	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	83.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McCormick	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	65.7%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	McCormick	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	25.6%	16.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	44
Median year structure built	1961	1976