Seneca vs Utica

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

Seneca and Utica 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 1,529 in Utica). Seneca has the higher median home value ($223,100 vs $135,300 in Utica). Since 2019, Utica's population has grown faster (+21.6% vs +6.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca	Utica
Population	8,910	1,529
Median age	39.9 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,207	—
Median home value	$223,100	$135,300
Median gross rent	$806	$1,116
Housing units	4,420	883
Homeownership rate	52.7%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca	Utica
Population	8,368 → 8,910 (+6.5%)	1,257 → 1,529 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$41,017 → $52,207 (+27.3%)	$38,958 → $58,958 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $223,100 (+41.2%)	$47,900 → $135,300 (+182.5%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $806 (+16.3%)	$869 → $1,116 (+28.4%)

Seneca

Population

8,3688,910

Median household income

$41,017$52,207

Median home value

$158,000$223,100

Median gross rent

$693$806

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)

	Seneca	Utica
Under 5	8.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	9.7%	26.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	18.8%	20.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	17.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	6.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.0%
75 and over	8.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	36.4%
Black or African American	18.4%	58.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca	Utica
No high school diploma	13.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	26.3%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca	Utica
Drove alone	80.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	14.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca	Utica
1-unit, detached	60.2%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Seneca	Utica
Poverty rate	18.8%	17.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1980	1978