Cateechee vs Pickens

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

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

Pickens has the higher population (3,386 vs 988 in Cateechee). Since 2019, Cateechee's population has grown faster (+33.9% vs +7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cateechee	Pickens
Population	988	3,386
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,534
Median home value	—	$196,400
Median gross rent	$1,261	$874
Housing units	345	1,452
Homeownership rate	86.7%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	20.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cateechee	Pickens
Population	738 → 988 (+33.9%)	3,160 → 3,386 (+7.2%)
Median household income	—	$39,103 → $58,534 (+49.7%)
Median home value	—	$118,800 → $196,400 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,261 (+57.6%)	$734 → $874 (+19.1%)

Cateechee

Population

738988

Median gross rent

$800$1,261

Pickens

Population

3,1603,386

Median household income

$39,103$58,534

Median home value

$118,800$196,400

Median gross rent

$734$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cateechee	Pickens
Under 5	1.4%	8.7%
5 to 17	30.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	19.7%	16.1%
55 to 64	6.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	9.1%
75 and over	4.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cateechee	Pickens
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	72.7%
Black or African American	7.8%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cateechee	Pickens
No high school diploma	24.5%	14.8%
High school graduate	17.3%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cateechee	Pickens
Drove alone	71.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	14.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.0%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cateechee	Pickens
1-unit, detached	90.7%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Cateechee	Pickens
Poverty rate	1.9%	16.7%
Average household size	3.13	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	39	38
Median year structure built	1957	1963