Branchville vs Brookdale

A side-by-side comparison of Branchville and Brookdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookdale has the higher population (4,061 vs 1,169 in Branchville). Branchville has the higher median household income ($40,144 vs $34,279 in Brookdale). Branchville has the higher median home value ($98,900 vs $85,400 in Brookdale).

Population, income & housing

	Branchville	Brookdale
Population	1,169	4,061
Median age	53.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,144	$34,279
Median home value	$98,900	$85,400
Median gross rent	$772	$711
Housing units	557	2,383
Homeownership rate	54.9%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	14.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Branchville	Brookdale
Population	1,242 → 1,169 (-5.9%)	4,674 → 4,061 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $40,144 (+39.6%)	$24,830 → $34,279 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $98,900 (+47.8%)	$77,000 → $85,400 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $772 (+62.5%)	$610 → $711 (+16.6%)

Branchville

Population

1,2421,169

Median household income

$28,750$40,144

Median home value

$66,900$98,900

Median gross rent

$475$772

Brookdale

Population

4,6744,061

Median household income

$24,830$34,279

Median home value

$77,000$85,400

Median gross rent

$610$711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Branchville	Brookdale
Under 5	2.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	8.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	21.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	5.0%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.7%
75 and over	12.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Branchville	Brookdale
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	1.1%
Black or African American	41.7%	98.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Branchville	Brookdale
No high school diploma	22.4%	31.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Branchville	Brookdale
Drove alone	76.6%	80.2%
Carpooled	19.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	1.1%	10.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Branchville	Brookdale
1-unit, detached	52.8%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	33.0%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Branchville	Brookdale
Poverty rate	15.6%	36.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1981	1978