Eastover vs Hopkins

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

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

Hopkins has the higher population (1,962 vs 566 in Eastover). Hopkins has the higher median household income ($49,464 vs $22,750 in Eastover). Eastover has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $77,300 in Hopkins).

Population, income & housing

	Eastover	Hopkins
Population	566	1,962
Median age	47.0 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$22,750	$49,464
Median home value	$110,400	$77,300
Median gross rent	$680	$1,016
Housing units	359	947
Homeownership rate	57.7%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	33.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastover	Hopkins
Population	749 → 566 (-24.4%)	2,719 → 1,962 (-27.8%)
Median household income	$14,940 → $22,750 (+52.3%)	$49,919 → $49,464 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $110,400 (+63.6%)	$87,400 → $77,300 (-11.6%)
Median gross rent	$390 → $680 (+74.4%)	$1,140 → $1,016 (-10.9%)

Eastover

Population

749566

Median household income

$14,940$22,750

Median home value

$67,500$110,400

Median gross rent

$390$680

Hopkins

Population

2,7191,962

Median household income

$49,919$49,464

Median home value

$87,400$77,300

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastover	Hopkins
Under 5	3.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	6.5%
18 to 24	0.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	23.5%
65 to 74	25.8%	13.9%
75 and over	12.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastover	Hopkins
White (non-Hispanic)	13.4%	18.3%
Black or African American	81.4%	80.9%
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%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastover	Hopkins
No high school diploma	28.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	35.2%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastover	Hopkins
Drove alone	54.1%	64.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	12.6%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	26.3%
Other means	13.2%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastover	Hopkins
1-unit, detached	65.7%	47.0%
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%	53.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastover	Hopkins
Poverty rate	33.3%	19.5%
Average household size	1.80	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1974	1987