Modoc vs Plum Branch

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

Modoc 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.

Modoc has the higher population (576 vs 95 in Plum Branch). Plum Branch has the higher median household income ($145,833 vs $95,500 in Modoc). Modoc has the higher median home value ($411,200 vs $121,900 in Plum Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Modoc	Plum Branch
Population	576	95
Median age	51.8 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,500	$145,833
Median home value	$411,200	$121,900
Housing units	354	64
Homeownership rate	92.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modoc	Plum Branch
Population	242 → 576 (+138.0%)	87 → 95 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$74,792 → $95,500 (+27.7%)	$118,250 → $145,833 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$300,000 → $411,200 (+37.1%)	$75,000 → $121,900 (+62.5%)

Modoc

Population

242576

Median household income

$74,792$95,500

Median home value

$300,000$411,200

Plum Branch

Population

8795

Median household income

$118,250$145,833

Median home value

$75,000$121,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Modoc	Plum Branch
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	4.9%	1.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.8%	23.2%
55 to 64	25.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.6%
75 and over	8.7%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modoc	Plum Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modoc	Plum Branch
No high school diploma	23.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modoc	Plum Branch
Drove alone	89.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Modoc	Plum Branch
1-unit, detached	83.3%	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	16.7%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Modoc	Plum Branch
Poverty rate	36.2%	23.2%
Average household size	2.85	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	62	34
Median year structure built	1983	1960