Columbia vs Dentsville

A side-by-side comparison of Columbia and Dentsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Columbia has the higher population (138,019 vs 15,396 in Dentsville). Columbia has the higher median household income ($55,653 vs $44,029 in Dentsville). Columbia has the higher median home value ($243,500 vs $154,600 in Dentsville).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Dentsville
Population	138,019	15,396
Median age	28.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,653	$44,029
Median home value	$243,500	$154,600
Median gross rent	$1,158	$1,145
Housing units	60,568	7,548
Homeownership rate	47.3%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Dentsville
Population	133,273 → 138,019 (+3.6%)	15,153 → 15,396 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$47,286 → $55,653 (+17.7%)	$38,675 → $44,029 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$181,100 → $243,500 (+34.5%)	$123,600 → $154,600 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,158 (+24.1%)	$942 → $1,145 (+21.5%)

Columbia

Population

133,273138,019

Median household income

$47,286$55,653

Median home value

$181,100$243,500

Median gross rent

$933$1,158

Dentsville

Population

15,15315,396

Median household income

$38,675$44,029

Median home value

$123,600$154,600

Median gross rent

$942$1,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Dentsville
Under 5	5.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	25.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	17.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.8%
75 and over	4.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Dentsville
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	10.5%
Black or African American	39.0%	74.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Dentsville
No high school diploma	9.1%	14.8%
High school graduate	19.2%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Dentsville
Drove alone	62.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.0%
Public transit	1.4%	1.5%
Walked	16.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	8.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Dentsville
1-unit, detached	51.3%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	32.1%
20 or more units	16.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Dentsville
Poverty rate	23.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1978	1984