Gadsden vs Hopkins

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

Gadsden 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 1,131 in Gadsden). Gadsden has the higher median household income ($54,464 vs $49,464 in Hopkins). Gadsden has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $77,300 in Hopkins).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden	Hopkins
Population	1,131	1,962
Median age	42.5 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,464	$49,464
Median home value	$98,300	$77,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,016
Housing units	470	947
Homeownership rate	85.3%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	33.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden	Hopkins
Population	1,668 → 1,131 (-32.2%)	2,719 → 1,962 (-27.8%)
Median household income	$32,308 → $54,464 (+68.6%)	$49,919 → $49,464 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$49,300 → $98,300 (+99.4%)	$87,400 → $77,300 (-11.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,140 → $1,016 (-10.9%)

Gadsden

Population

1,6681,131

Median household income

$32,308$54,464

Median home value

$49,300$98,300

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)

	Gadsden	Hopkins
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	6.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	23.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.9%
75 and over	10.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden	Hopkins
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	18.3%
Black or African American	91.5%	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	1.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden	Hopkins
No high school diploma	13.2%	14.1%
High school graduate	36.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden	Hopkins
Drove alone	81.2%	64.2%
Carpooled	15.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	26.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden	Hopkins
1-unit, detached	44.0%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	56.0%	53.0%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden	Hopkins
Poverty rate	24.0%	19.5%
Average household size	2.91	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1991	1987