McCormick vs Plum Branch

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

McCormick 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.

McCormick has the higher population (2,681 vs 95 in Plum Branch). Plum Branch has the higher median household income ($145,833 vs $40,269 in McCormick). Plum Branch has the higher median home value ($121,900 vs $88,400 in McCormick).

Population, income & housing

	McCormick	Plum Branch
Population	2,681	95
Median age	45.7 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,269	$145,833
Median home value	$88,400	$121,900
Median gross rent	$640	—
Housing units	872	64
Homeownership rate	54.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McCormick	Plum Branch
Population	2,992 → 2,681 (-10.4%)	87 → 95 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$32,554 → $40,269 (+23.7%)	$118,250 → $145,833 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $88,400 (+17.4%)	$75,000 → $121,900 (+62.5%)
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

Plum Branch

Population

8795

Median household income

$118,250$145,833

Median home value

$75,000$121,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McCormick	Plum Branch
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	1.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	16.2%	23.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.6%
75 and over	9.0%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McCormick	Plum Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	60.6%	8.4%
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	Plum Branch
No high school diploma	24.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.3%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McCormick	Plum Branch
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	Plum Branch
1-unit, detached	65.7%	79.7%
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%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	McCormick	Plum Branch
Poverty rate	25.6%	23.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1961	1960