Pomaria vs Whitmire

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

Pomaria 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 103 in Pomaria). Pomaria has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $32,188 in Whitmire). Pomaria has the higher median home value ($176,600 vs $51,900 in Whitmire).

Population, income & housing

	Pomaria	Whitmire
Population	103	1,241
Median age	50.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$32,188
Median home value	$176,600	$51,900
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	57	749
Homeownership rate	86.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomaria	Whitmire
Population	152 → 103 (-32.2%)	1,509 → 1,241 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $71,250 (+25.7%)	$32,552 → $32,188 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $176,600 (+96.2%)	$37,900 → $51,900 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,125 (+5.8%)	$802 → $783 (-2.4%)

Pomaria

Population

152103

Median household income

$56,667$71,250

Median home value

$90,000$176,600

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,125

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)

	Pomaria	Whitmire
Under 5	8.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.7%	9.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	4.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	22.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.7%
75 and over	17.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomaria	Whitmire
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	70.2%
Black or African American	4.9%	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	1.0%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomaria	Whitmire
No high school diploma	7.9%	19.8%
High school graduate	35.5%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomaria	Whitmire
Drove alone	69.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	15.2%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.6%
Worked from home	8.7%	2.9%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomaria	Whitmire
1-unit, detached	94.7%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Pomaria	Whitmire
Poverty rate	0.0%	26.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1964	1956