Dentsville vs Forest Acres

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

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

Dentsville has the higher population (15,396 vs 10,491 in Forest Acres). Forest Acres has the higher median household income ($76,417 vs $44,029 in Dentsville). Forest Acres has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $154,600 in Dentsville).

Population, income & housing

	Dentsville	Forest Acres
Population	15,396	10,491
Median age	36.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,029	$76,417
Median home value	$154,600	$260,500
Median gross rent	$1,145	$1,182
Housing units	7,548	5,485
Homeownership rate	37.5%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	63.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dentsville	Forest Acres
Population	15,153 → 15,396 (+1.6%)	10,412 → 10,491 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$38,675 → $44,029 (+13.8%)	$69,212 → $76,417 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$123,600 → $154,600 (+25.1%)	$193,700 → $260,500 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,145 (+21.5%)	$959 → $1,182 (+23.3%)

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

Forest Acres

Population

10,41210,491

Median household income

$69,212$76,417

Median home value

$193,700$260,500

Median gross rent

$959$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dentsville	Forest Acres
Under 5	6.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.1%
75 and over	5.7%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dentsville	Forest Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	80.0%
Black or African American	74.8%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dentsville	Forest Acres
No high school diploma	14.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	22.2%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dentsville	Forest Acres
Drove alone	79.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.4%	10.3%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dentsville	Forest Acres
1-unit, detached	41.1%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	32.1%	8.6%
20 or more units	9.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dentsville	Forest Acres
Poverty rate	17.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1984	1965