Parksville vs Plum Branch

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

Parksville 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.

Plum Branch has the higher population (95 vs 90 in Parksville). Plum Branch has the higher median household income ($145,833 vs $41,250 in Parksville). Parksville has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $121,900 in Plum Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Parksville	Plum Branch
Population	90	95
Median age	60.3 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$145,833
Median home value	$175,000	$121,900
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	59	64
Homeownership rate	66.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parksville	Plum Branch
Population	138 → 90 (-34.8%)	87 → 95 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $41,250 (-21.4%)	$118,250 → $145,833 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $175,000 (+53.6%)	$75,000 → $121,900 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $638 (-24.9%)	—

Parksville

Population

13890

Median household income

$52,500$41,250

Median home value

$113,900$175,000

Median gross rent

$850$638

Plum Branch

Population

8795

Median household income

$118,250$145,833

Median home value

$75,000$121,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parksville	Plum Branch
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	1.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	4.4%	23.2%
55 to 64	41.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.8%	12.6%
75 and over	21.1%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parksville	Plum Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.6%
Black or African American	5.6%	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	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parksville	Plum Branch
No high school diploma	7.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.6%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parksville	Plum Branch
Drove alone	96.9%	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	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parksville	Plum Branch
1-unit, detached	96.6%	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	3.4%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Parksville	Plum Branch
Poverty rate	11.1%	23.2%
Average household size	1.67	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	43	34
Median year structure built	1949	1960