Seneca vs Walhalla

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

Seneca and Walhalla 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 4,121 in Walhalla). Seneca has the higher median household income ($52,207 vs $42,696 in Walhalla). Seneca has the higher median home value ($223,100 vs $176,500 in Walhalla).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca	Walhalla
Population	8,910	4,121
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,207	$42,696
Median home value	$223,100	$176,500
Median gross rent	$806	$640
Housing units	4,420	1,918
Homeownership rate	52.7%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca	Walhalla
Population	8,368 → 8,910 (+6.5%)	4,370 → 4,121 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$41,017 → $52,207 (+27.3%)	$31,830 → $42,696 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $223,100 (+41.2%)	$104,600 → $176,500 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $806 (+16.3%)	$618 → $640 (+3.6%)

Seneca

Population

8,3688,910

Median household income

$41,017$52,207

Median home value

$158,000$223,100

Median gross rent

$693$806

Walhalla

Population

4,3704,121

Median household income

$31,830$42,696

Median home value

$104,600$176,500

Median gross rent

$618$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seneca	Walhalla
Under 5	8.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	18.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.7%
75 and over	8.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca	Walhalla
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	60.3%
Black or African American	18.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	25.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca	Walhalla
No high school diploma	13.2%	28.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca	Walhalla
Drove alone	80.3%	60.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	34.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca	Walhalla
1-unit, detached	60.2%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Seneca	Walhalla
Poverty rate	18.8%	43.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	32
Median year structure built	1980	1976