Mount Carmel vs Plum Branch

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

Mount Carmel 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.

Mount Carmel has the higher population (338 vs 95 in Plum Branch). Plum Branch has the higher median household income ($145,833 vs $41,534 in Mount Carmel). Plum Branch has the higher median home value ($121,900 vs $83,000 in Mount Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carmel	Plum Branch
Population	338	95
Median age	64.5 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,534	$145,833
Median home value	$83,000	$121,900
Housing units	188	64
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carmel	Plum Branch
Population	233 → 338 (+45.1%)	87 → 95 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$36,467 → $41,534 (+13.9%)	$118,250 → $145,833 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $83,000 (+24.4%)	$75,000 → $121,900 (+62.5%)

Mount Carmel

Population

233338

Median household income

$36,467$41,534

Median home value

$66,700$83,000

Plum Branch

Population

8795

Median household income

$118,250$145,833

Median home value

$75,000$121,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Carmel	Plum Branch
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	1.1%
35 to 44	6.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	5.9%	23.2%
55 to 64	19.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	47.9%	12.6%
75 and over	0.0%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carmel	Plum Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	100.0%	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	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+

	Mount Carmel	Plum Branch
No high school diploma	31.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carmel	Plum Branch
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carmel	Plum Branch
1-unit, detached	91.5%	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	8.5%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carmel	Plum Branch
Poverty rate	16.6%	23.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	44	34
Median year structure built	1976	1960