Blythewood vs Irmo

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

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

Irmo has the higher population (11,799 vs 5,309 in Blythewood). Blythewood has the higher median household income ($105,583 vs $85,137 in Irmo). Blythewood has the higher median home value ($368,300 vs $193,100 in Irmo).

Population, income & housing

	Blythewood	Irmo
Population	5,309	11,799
Median age	44.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,583	$85,137
Median home value	$368,300	$193,100
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,412
Housing units	2,108	4,996
Homeownership rate	81.7%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythewood	Irmo
Population	3,324 → 5,309 (+59.7%)	12,215 → 11,799 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$104,049 → $105,583 (+1.5%)	$66,313 → $85,137 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$284,900 → $368,300 (+29.3%)	$125,000 → $193,100 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,792 → $1,083 (-39.6%)	$1,126 → $1,412 (+25.4%)

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

Irmo

Population

12,21511,799

Median household income

$66,313$85,137

Median home value

$125,000$193,100

Median gross rent

$1,126$1,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blythewood	Irmo
Under 5	5.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	19.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.8%
75 and over	5.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythewood	Irmo
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	61.3%
Black or African American	40.1%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythewood	Irmo
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	13.7%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythewood	Irmo
Drove alone	71.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	13.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythewood	Irmo
1-unit, detached	90.3%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Blythewood	Irmo
Poverty rate	3.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	2010	1984