Orangeburg vs Wilkinson Heights

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

Orangeburg and Wilkinson Heights 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 1,853 in Wilkinson Heights). Orangeburg has the higher median household income ($33,066 vs $22,714 in Wilkinson Heights). Orangeburg has the higher median home value ($145,000 vs $76,300 in Wilkinson Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Orangeburg	Wilkinson Heights
Population	13,189	1,853
Median age	37.4 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,066	$22,714
Median home value	$145,000	$76,300
Median gross rent	$765	$788
Housing units	6,219	1,400
Homeownership rate	44.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orangeburg	Wilkinson Heights
Population	12,861 → 13,189 (+2.6%)	1,620 → 1,853 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$31,455 → $33,066 (+5.1%)	$25,921 → $22,714 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $145,000 (+37.3%)	$81,900 → $76,300 (-6.8%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $765 (+9.4%)	$823 → $788 (-4.3%)

Orangeburg

Population

12,86113,189

Median household income

$31,455$33,066

Median home value

$105,600$145,000

Median gross rent

$699$765

Wilkinson Heights

Population

1,6201,853

Median household income

$25,921$22,714

Median home value

$81,900$76,300

Median gross rent

$823$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orangeburg	Wilkinson Heights
Under 5	5.8%	11.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	24.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	21.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	5.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	5.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	20.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	6.6%
75 and over	8.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orangeburg	Wilkinson Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	0.7%
Black or African American	73.9%	85.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orangeburg	Wilkinson Heights
No high school diploma	18.3%	32.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orangeburg	Wilkinson Heights
Drove alone	74.6%	73.8%
Carpooled	15.1%	22.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orangeburg	Wilkinson Heights
1-unit, detached	59.9%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	35.1%

Poverty & households

	Orangeburg	Wilkinson Heights
Poverty rate	31.5%	34.9%
Average household size	2.08	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1968	1977