Brookdale vs Edisto

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

Brookdale and Edisto 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 2,261 in Edisto). Edisto has the higher median household income ($46,644 vs $34,279 in Brookdale). Brookdale has the higher median home value ($85,400 vs $46,200 in Edisto).

Population, income & housing

	Brookdale	Edisto
Population	4,061	2,261
Median age	33.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,279	$46,644
Median home value	$85,400	$46,200
Median gross rent	$711	$852
Housing units	2,383	1,135
Homeownership rate	47.9%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookdale	Edisto
Population	4,674 → 4,061 (-13.1%)	2,595 → 2,261 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$24,830 → $34,279 (+38.1%)	$27,439 → $46,644 (+70.0%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $85,400 (+10.9%)	$57,600 → $46,200 (-19.8%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $711 (+16.6%)	$650 → $852 (+31.1%)

Brookdale

Population

4,6744,061

Median household income

$24,830$34,279

Median home value

$77,000$85,400

Median gross rent

$610$711

Edisto

Population

2,5952,261

Median household income

$27,439$46,644

Median home value

$57,600$46,200

Median gross rent

$650$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookdale	Edisto
Under 5	6.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	21.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.2%	17.0%
45 to 54	5.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.5%
75 and over	5.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookdale	Edisto
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	22.0%
Black or African American	98.5%	76.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookdale	Edisto
No high school diploma	31.1%	16.6%
High school graduate	27.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookdale	Edisto
Drove alone	80.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	7.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookdale	Edisto
1-unit, detached	48.5%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookdale	Edisto
Poverty rate	36.1%	23.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1978	1970