Eastover vs Gadsden

A side-by-side comparison of Eastover and Gadsden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gadsden has the higher population (1,131 vs 566 in Eastover). Gadsden has the higher median household income ($54,464 vs $22,750 in Eastover). Eastover has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $98,300 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Eastover	Gadsden
Population	566	1,131
Median age	47.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,750	$54,464
Median home value	$110,400	$98,300
Median gross rent	$680	—
Housing units	359	470
Homeownership rate	57.7%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastover	Gadsden
Population	749 → 566 (-24.4%)	1,668 → 1,131 (-32.2%)
Median household income	$14,940 → $22,750 (+52.3%)	$32,308 → $54,464 (+68.6%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $110,400 (+63.6%)	$49,300 → $98,300 (+99.4%)
Median gross rent	$390 → $680 (+74.4%)	—

Eastover

Population

749566

Median household income

$14,940$22,750

Median home value

$67,500$110,400

Median gross rent

$390$680

Gadsden

Population

1,6681,131

Median household income

$32,308$54,464

Median home value

$49,300$98,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastover	Gadsden
Under 5	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	0.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	7.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	6.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	25.8%	9.5%
75 and over	12.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastover	Gadsden
White (non-Hispanic)	13.4%	7.4%
Black or African American	81.4%	91.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastover	Gadsden
No high school diploma	28.8%	13.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastover	Gadsden
Drove alone	54.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	15.5%
Public transit	12.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	3.3%
Other means	13.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastover	Gadsden
1-unit, detached	65.7%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	56.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastover	Gadsden
Poverty rate	33.3%	24.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1974	1991