Dentsville vs Irmo

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

Dentsville and Irmo 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 11,799 in Irmo). Irmo has the higher median household income ($85,137 vs $44,029 in Dentsville). Irmo has the higher median home value ($193,100 vs $154,600 in Dentsville).

Population, income & housing

	Dentsville	Irmo
Population	15,396	11,799
Median age	36.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,029	$85,137
Median home value	$154,600	$193,100
Median gross rent	$1,145	$1,412
Housing units	7,548	4,996
Homeownership rate	37.5%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dentsville	Irmo
Population	15,153 → 15,396 (+1.6%)	12,215 → 11,799 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$38,675 → $44,029 (+13.8%)	$66,313 → $85,137 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$123,600 → $154,600 (+25.1%)	$125,000 → $193,100 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,145 (+21.5%)	$1,126 → $1,412 (+25.4%)

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

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)

	Dentsville	Irmo
Under 5	6.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	17.9%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.8%
75 and over	5.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dentsville	Irmo
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	61.3%
Black or African American	74.8%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dentsville	Irmo
No high school diploma	14.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	22.2%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dentsville	Irmo
Drove alone	79.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	13.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dentsville	Irmo
1-unit, detached	41.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	32.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	9.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Dentsville	Irmo
Poverty rate	17.1%	8.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1984	1984