Converse vs Pauline

A side-by-side comparison of Converse and Pauline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Converse has the higher population (424 vs 255 in Pauline). Pauline has the higher median household income ($79,732 vs $50,139 in Converse). Pauline has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $168,200 in Converse).

Population, income & housing

	Converse	Pauline
Population	424	255
Median age	32.3 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	$79,732
Median home value	$168,200	$207,100
Median gross rent	$831	—
Housing units	248	141
Homeownership rate	59.1%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse	Pauline
Population	570 → 424 (-25.6%)	204 → 255 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$60,811 → $50,139 (-17.5%)	$71,328 → $79,732 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $168,200 (+84.0%)	$133,900 → $207,100 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $831 (-1.3%)	—

Converse

Population

570424

Median household income

$60,811$50,139

Median home value

$91,400$168,200

Median gross rent

$842$831

Pauline

Population

204255

Median household income

$71,328$79,732

Median home value

$133,900$207,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Converse	Pauline
Under 5	7.3%	10.2%
5 to 17	23.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	28.6%
25 to 34	21.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.1%	3.1%
45 to 54	5.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	30.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	19.6%
75 and over	0.0%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse	Pauline
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	13.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse	Pauline
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	60.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse	Pauline
Drove alone	92.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse	Pauline
1-unit, detached	62.9%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Converse	Pauline
Poverty rate	12.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1972	1979