Edisto vs Orangeburg

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

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

Orangeburg has the higher population (13,189 vs 2,261 in Edisto). Edisto has the higher median household income ($46,644 vs $33,066 in Orangeburg). Orangeburg has the higher median home value ($145,000 vs $46,200 in Edisto).

Population, income & housing

	Edisto	Orangeburg
Population	2,261	13,189
Median age	38.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,644	$33,066
Median home value	$46,200	$145,000
Median gross rent	$852	$765
Housing units	1,135	6,219
Homeownership rate	64.5%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edisto	Orangeburg
Population	2,595 → 2,261 (-12.9%)	12,861 → 13,189 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$27,439 → $46,644 (+70.0%)	$31,455 → $33,066 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$57,600 → $46,200 (-19.8%)	$105,600 → $145,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $852 (+31.1%)	$699 → $765 (+9.4%)

Edisto

Population

2,5952,261

Median household income

$27,439$46,644

Median home value

$57,600$46,200

Median gross rent

$650$852

Orangeburg

Population

12,86113,189

Median household income

$31,455$33,066

Median home value

$105,600$145,000

Median gross rent

$699$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edisto	Orangeburg
Under 5	3.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	9.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	24.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.8%
75 and over	5.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edisto	Orangeburg
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	23.2%
Black or African American	76.4%	73.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edisto	Orangeburg
No high school diploma	16.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	37.3%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edisto	Orangeburg
Drove alone	83.1%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edisto	Orangeburg
1-unit, detached	69.1%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	27.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Edisto	Orangeburg
Poverty rate	23.8%	31.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1970	1968