Utica vs Westminster

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

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

Westminster has the higher population (2,244 vs 1,529 in Utica). Westminster has the higher median home value ($175,600 vs $135,300 in Utica). Since 2019, Utica's population has grown faster (+21.6% vs -11.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Utica	Westminster
Population	1,529	2,244
Median age	33.8 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,393
Median home value	$135,300	$175,600
Median gross rent	$1,116	$583
Housing units	883	1,220
Homeownership rate	44.6%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Utica	Westminster
Population	1,257 → 1,529 (+21.6%)	2,536 → 2,244 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$38,958 → $58,958 (+51.3%)	$31,500 → $38,393 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $135,300 (+182.5%)	$94,800 → $175,600 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $1,116 (+28.4%)	$633 → $583 (-7.9%)

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

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)

	Utica	Westminster
Under 5	2.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	26.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	20.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	4.9%
45 to 54	17.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	6.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.2%
75 and over	3.1%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Utica	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	36.4%	84.8%
Black or African American	58.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Utica	Westminster
No high school diploma	10.9%	17.7%
High school graduate	14.0%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	65.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Utica	Westminster
Drove alone	85.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Utica	Westminster
1-unit, detached	81.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Utica	Westminster
Poverty rate	17.2%	23.9%
Average household size	2.12	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1978	1971