Newberry vs Whitmire

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

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

Newberry has the higher population (10,733 vs 1,241 in Whitmire). Newberry has the higher median household income ($47,885 vs $32,188 in Whitmire). Newberry has the higher median home value ($124,600 vs $51,900 in Whitmire).

Population, income & housing

	Newberry	Whitmire
Population	10,733	1,241
Median age	30.3 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,885	$32,188
Median home value	$124,600	$51,900
Median gross rent	$837	$783
Housing units	4,672	749
Homeownership rate	50.5%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newberry	Whitmire
Population	10,245 → 10,733 (+4.8%)	1,509 → 1,241 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$31,831 → $47,885 (+50.4%)	$32,552 → $32,188 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $124,600 (+30.7%)	$37,900 → $51,900 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $837 (+6.4%)	$802 → $783 (-2.4%)

Newberry

Population

10,24510,733

Median household income

$31,831$47,885

Median home value

$95,300$124,600

Median gross rent

$787$837

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)

	Newberry	Whitmire
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	9.7%
18 to 24	16.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	22.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.7%
75 and over	7.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newberry	Whitmire
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	70.2%
Black or African American	41.4%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newberry	Whitmire
No high school diploma	16.5%	19.8%
High school graduate	29.3%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newberry	Whitmire
Drove alone	79.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.6%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.9%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newberry	Whitmire
1-unit, detached	67.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Newberry	Whitmire
Poverty rate	27.0%	26.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1965	1956