Seneca vs Westminster

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

Seneca and Westminster 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 2,244 in Westminster). Seneca has the higher median household income ($52,207 vs $38,393 in Westminster). Seneca has the higher median home value ($223,100 vs $175,600 in Westminster).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca	Westminster
Population	8,910	2,244
Median age	39.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,207	$38,393
Median home value	$223,100	$175,600
Median gross rent	$806	$583
Housing units	4,420	1,220
Homeownership rate	52.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca	Westminster
Population	8,368 → 8,910 (+6.5%)	2,536 → 2,244 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$41,017 → $52,207 (+27.3%)	$31,500 → $38,393 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $223,100 (+41.2%)	$94,800 → $175,600 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $806 (+16.3%)	$633 → $583 (-7.9%)

Seneca

Population

8,3688,910

Median household income

$41,017$52,207

Median home value

$158,000$223,100

Median gross rent

$693$806

Westminster

Population

2,5362,244

Median household income

$31,500$38,393

Median home value

$94,800$175,600

Median gross rent

$633$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seneca	Westminster
Under 5	8.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	9.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	4.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.2%
75 and over	8.9%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	84.8%
Black or African American	18.4%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca	Westminster
No high school diploma	13.2%	17.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca	Westminster
Drove alone	80.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	14.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.8%
Other means	0.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca	Westminster
1-unit, detached	60.2%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Seneca	Westminster
Poverty rate	18.8%	23.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1980	1971