Blythewood vs Woodfield

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

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

Woodfield has the higher population (9,901 vs 5,309 in Blythewood). Blythewood has the higher median household income ($105,583 vs $38,394 in Woodfield). Blythewood has the higher median home value ($368,300 vs $128,600 in Woodfield).

Population, income & housing

	Blythewood	Woodfield
Population	5,309	9,901
Median age	44.0 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,583	$38,394
Median home value	$368,300	$128,600
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,190
Housing units	2,108	4,422
Homeownership rate	81.7%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythewood	Woodfield
Population	3,324 → 5,309 (+59.7%)	9,459 → 9,901 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$104,049 → $105,583 (+1.5%)	$38,782 → $38,394 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$284,900 → $368,300 (+29.3%)	$103,500 → $128,600 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,792 → $1,083 (-39.6%)	$965 → $1,190 (+23.3%)

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

Woodfield

Population

9,4599,901

Median household income

$38,782$38,394

Median home value

$103,500$128,600

Median gross rent

$965$1,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blythewood	Woodfield
Under 5	5.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	19.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.5%
75 and over	5.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythewood	Woodfield
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	12.9%
Black or African American	40.1%	54.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	22.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythewood	Woodfield
No high school diploma	3.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	13.7%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythewood	Woodfield
Drove alone	71.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	2.4%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	5.1%
Other means	0.4%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythewood	Woodfield
1-unit, detached	90.3%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Blythewood	Woodfield
Poverty rate	3.6%	24.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	2010	1973