Keowee Key vs Utica

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

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

Keowee Key has the higher population (3,307 vs 1,529 in Utica). Keowee Key has the higher median home value ($512,000 vs $135,300 in Utica). Since 2019, Utica's population has grown faster (+21.6% vs +19.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Keowee Key	Utica
Population	3,307	1,529
Median age	66.1 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$118,668	—
Median home value	$512,000	$135,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,116
Housing units	1,767	883
Homeownership rate	100.0%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keowee Key	Utica
Population	2,757 → 3,307 (+19.9%)	1,257 → 1,529 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$101,399 → $118,668 (+17.0%)	$38,958 → $58,958 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$430,700 → $512,000 (+18.9%)	$47,900 → $135,300 (+182.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$869 → $1,116 (+28.4%)

Keowee Key

Population

2,7573,307

Median household income

$101,399$118,668

Median home value

$430,700$512,000

Utica

Population

1,2571,529

Median household income

$38,958$58,958

Median home value

$47,900$135,300

Median gross rent

$869$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keowee Key	Utica
Under 5	2.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	1.2%	26.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	1.6%	20.3%
35 to 44	3.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	4.1%	17.0%
55 to 64	24.3%	6.4%
65 to 74	34.5%	12.0%
75 and over	18.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keowee Key	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	36.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	58.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keowee Key	Utica
No high school diploma	10.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	9.7%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keowee Key	Utica
Drove alone	64.7%	85.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	11.7%
Other means	7.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keowee Key	Utica
1-unit, detached	86.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Keowee Key	Utica
Poverty rate	1.9%	17.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1990	1978