Arthurtown vs Gadsden

A side-by-side comparison of Arthurtown and Gadsden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arthurtown has the higher population (3,063 vs 1,131 in Gadsden). Gadsden has the higher median household income ($54,464 vs $19,820 in Arthurtown). Arthurtown has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $98,300 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Arthurtown	Gadsden
Population	3,063	1,131
Median age	21.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$19,820	$54,464
Median home value	$98,800	$98,300
Median gross rent	$874	—
Housing units	1,474	470
Homeownership rate	23.7%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arthurtown	Gadsden
Population	2,793 → 3,063 (+9.7%)	1,668 → 1,131 (-32.2%)
Median household income	$26,307 → $19,820 (-24.7%)	$32,308 → $54,464 (+68.6%)
Median home value	$58,900 → $98,800 (+67.7%)	$49,300 → $98,300 (+99.4%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $874 (+2.6%)	—

Arthurtown

Population

2,7933,063

Median household income

$26,307$19,820

Median home value

$58,900$98,800

Median gross rent

$852$874

Gadsden

Population

1,6681,131

Median household income

$32,308$54,464

Median home value

$49,300$98,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arthurtown	Gadsden
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	70.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	2.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	2.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	3.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	2.7%	9.5%
75 and over	2.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arthurtown	Gadsden
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	7.4%
Black or African American	46.7%	91.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arthurtown	Gadsden
No high school diploma	5.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	52.8%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arthurtown	Gadsden
Drove alone	78.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	15.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	3.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arthurtown	Gadsden
1-unit, detached	22.5%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	40.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	56.0%

Poverty & households

	Arthurtown	Gadsden
Poverty rate	64.5%	24.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	2004	1991