Keowee Key vs Seneca

A side-by-side comparison of Keowee Key and Seneca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seneca has the higher population (8,910 vs 3,307 in Keowee Key). Keowee Key has the higher median household income ($118,668 vs $52,207 in Seneca). Keowee Key has the higher median home value ($512,000 vs $223,100 in Seneca).

Population, income & housing

	Keowee Key	Seneca
Population	3,307	8,910
Median age	66.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,668	$52,207
Median home value	$512,000	$223,100
Median gross rent	—	$806
Housing units	1,767	4,420
Homeownership rate	100.0%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keowee Key	Seneca
Population	2,757 → 3,307 (+19.9%)	8,368 → 8,910 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$101,399 → $118,668 (+17.0%)	$41,017 → $52,207 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$430,700 → $512,000 (+18.9%)	$158,000 → $223,100 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$693 → $806 (+16.3%)

Keowee Key

Population

2,7573,307

Median household income

$101,399$118,668

Median home value

$430,700$512,000

Seneca

Population

8,3688,910

Median household income

$41,017$52,207

Median home value

$158,000$223,100

Median gross rent

$693$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keowee Key	Seneca
Under 5	2.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	1.2%	9.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	1.6%	18.8%
35 to 44	3.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	4.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	24.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	34.5%	10.3%
75 and over	18.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keowee Key	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	71.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keowee Key	Seneca
No high school diploma	10.1%	13.2%
High school graduate	9.7%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keowee Key	Seneca
Drove alone	64.7%	80.3%
Carpooled	1.9%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	3.6%
Other means	7.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keowee Key	Seneca
1-unit, detached	86.8%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Keowee Key	Seneca
Poverty rate	1.9%	18.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1990	1980