Mount Carmel vs Parksville

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

Mount Carmel and Parksville 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 90 in Parksville). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($41,534 vs $41,250 in Parksville). Parksville has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $83,000 in Mount Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carmel	Parksville
Population	338	90
Median age	64.5 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,534	$41,250
Median home value	$83,000	$175,000
Median gross rent	—	$638
Housing units	188	59
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carmel	Parksville
Population	233 → 338 (+45.1%)	138 → 90 (-34.8%)
Median household income	$36,467 → $41,534 (+13.9%)	$52,500 → $41,250 (-21.4%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $83,000 (+24.4%)	$113,900 → $175,000 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $638 (-24.9%)

Mount Carmel

Population

233338

Median household income

$36,467$41,534

Median home value

$66,700$83,000

Parksville

Population

13890

Median household income

$52,500$41,250

Median home value

$113,900$175,000

Median gross rent

$850$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Carmel	Parksville
Under 5	3.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.8%
35 to 44	6.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.9%	4.4%
55 to 64	19.8%	41.1%
65 to 74	47.9%	17.8%
75 and over	0.0%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carmel	Parksville
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	100.0%	5.6%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carmel	Parksville
No high school diploma	31.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	38.0%	56.6%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carmel	Parksville
Drove alone	100.0%	96.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carmel	Parksville
1-unit, detached	91.5%	96.6%
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	8.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carmel	Parksville
Poverty rate	16.6%	11.1%
Average household size	2.18	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	44	43
Median year structure built	1976	1949