Arial vs Cateechee

A side-by-side comparison of Arial and Cateechee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arial has the higher population (2,024 vs 988 in Cateechee). Since 2019, Cateechee's population has grown faster (+33.9% vs -7.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Arial	Cateechee
Population	2,024	988
Median age	45.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,132	—
Median home value	$169,200	—
Median gross rent	$749	$1,261
Housing units	1,084	345
Homeownership rate	90.0%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arial	Cateechee
Population	2,185 → 2,024 (-7.4%)	738 → 988 (+33.9%)
Median household income	$39,875 → $50,132 (+25.7%)	—
Median home value	$112,600 → $169,200 (+50.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$833 → $749 (-10.1%)	$800 → $1,261 (+57.6%)

Arial

Population

2,1852,024

Median household income

$39,875$50,132

Median home value

$112,600$169,200

Median gross rent

$833$749

Cateechee

Population

738988

Median gross rent

$800$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arial	Cateechee
Under 5	4.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	30.5%
18 to 24	12.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	19.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	6.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.8%
75 and over	11.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arial	Cateechee
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arial	Cateechee
No high school diploma	12.8%	24.5%
High school graduate	37.0%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arial	Cateechee
Drove alone	85.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	14.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arial	Cateechee
1-unit, detached	77.0%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Arial	Cateechee
Poverty rate	10.5%	1.9%
Average household size	2.17	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1975	1957