Little Mountain vs Whitmire

A side-by-side comparison of Little Mountain and Whitmire: population, income, housing, and more.

Little Mountain and Whitmire are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whitmire has the higher population (1,241 vs 446 in Little Mountain). Little Mountain has the higher median household income ($90,893 vs $32,188 in Whitmire). Little Mountain has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $51,900 in Whitmire).

Population, income & housing

	Little Mountain	Whitmire
Population	446	1,241
Median age	36.8 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,893	$32,188
Median home value	$266,700	$51,900
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	215	749
Homeownership rate	82.0%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Mountain	Whitmire
Population	290 → 446 (+53.8%)	1,509 → 1,241 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $90,893 (+26.5%)	$32,552 → $32,188 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$203,300 → $266,700 (+31.2%)	$37,900 → $51,900 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $732 (-20.9%)	$802 → $783 (-2.4%)

Little Mountain

Population

290446

Median household income

$71,875$90,893

Median home value

$203,300$266,700

Median gross rent

$925$732

Whitmire

Population

1,5091,241

Median household income

$32,552$32,188

Median home value

$37,900$51,900

Median gross rent

$802$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Mountain	Whitmire
Under 5	7.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	9.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	22.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.7%
75 and over	8.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Mountain	Whitmire
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	70.2%
Black or African American	10.5%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Mountain	Whitmire
No high school diploma	1.3%	19.8%
High school graduate	26.3%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Mountain	Whitmire
Drove alone	78.5%	73.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.6%
Worked from home	13.7%	2.9%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Mountain	Whitmire
1-unit, detached	82.8%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Little Mountain	Whitmire
Poverty rate	13.5%	26.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1981	1956