Blythewood vs Hopkins

A side-by-side comparison of Blythewood and Hopkins: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blythewood has the higher population (5,309 vs 1,962 in Hopkins). Blythewood has the higher median household income ($105,583 vs $49,464 in Hopkins). Blythewood has the higher median home value ($368,300 vs $77,300 in Hopkins).

Population, income & housing

	Blythewood	Hopkins
Population	5,309	1,962
Median age	44.0 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,583	$49,464
Median home value	$368,300	$77,300
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,016
Housing units	2,108	947
Homeownership rate	81.7%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	33.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythewood	Hopkins
Population	3,324 → 5,309 (+59.7%)	2,719 → 1,962 (-27.8%)
Median household income	$104,049 → $105,583 (+1.5%)	$49,919 → $49,464 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$284,900 → $368,300 (+29.3%)	$87,400 → $77,300 (-11.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,792 → $1,083 (-39.6%)	$1,140 → $1,016 (-10.9%)

Blythewood

Population

3,3245,309

Median household income

$104,049$105,583

Median home value

$284,900$368,300

Median gross rent

$1,792$1,083

Hopkins

Population

2,7191,962

Median household income

$49,919$49,464

Median home value

$87,400$77,300

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blythewood	Hopkins
Under 5	5.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	6.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	19.9%	23.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.9%
75 and over	5.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythewood	Hopkins
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	18.3%
Black or African American	40.1%	80.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythewood	Hopkins
No high school diploma	3.6%	14.1%
High school graduate	13.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythewood	Hopkins
Drove alone	71.8%	64.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	26.3%
Other means	0.4%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythewood	Hopkins
1-unit, detached	90.3%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	53.0%

Poverty & households

	Blythewood	Hopkins
Poverty rate	3.6%	19.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2010	1987