Pickens vs Six Mile

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

Pickens and Six Mile 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 984 in Six Mile). Six Mile has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $58,534 in Pickens). Six Mile has the higher median home value ($331,100 vs $196,400 in Pickens).

Population, income & housing

	Pickens	Six Mile
Population	3,386	984
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,534	$110,000
Median home value	$196,400	$331,100
Median gross rent	$874	$779
Housing units	1,452	366
Homeownership rate	67.6%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	55.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pickens	Six Mile
Population	3,160 → 3,386 (+7.2%)	848 → 984 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$39,103 → $58,534 (+49.7%)	$73,125 → $110,000 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $196,400 (+65.3%)	$222,100 → $331,100 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $874 (+19.1%)	$613 → $779 (+27.1%)

Pickens

Population

3,1603,386

Median household income

$39,103$58,534

Median home value

$118,800$196,400

Median gross rent

$734$874

Six Mile

Population

848984

Median household income

$73,125$110,000

Median home value

$222,100$331,100

Median gross rent

$613$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pickens	Six Mile
Under 5	8.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	32.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	6.2%
75 and over	5.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pickens	Six Mile
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	97.0%
Black or African American	13.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pickens	Six Mile
No high school diploma	14.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	45.2%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pickens	Six Mile
Drove alone	88.6%	73.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pickens	Six Mile
1-unit, detached	68.7%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Pickens	Six Mile
Poverty rate	16.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.59	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1963	1992