Cowpens vs Mayo

A side-by-side comparison of Cowpens and Mayo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cowpens has the higher population (2,031 vs 1,963 in Mayo). Mayo has the higher median household income ($47,384 vs $37,168 in Cowpens). Mayo has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $152,700 in Cowpens).

Population, income & housing

	Cowpens	Mayo
Population	2,031	1,963
Median age	48.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,168	$47,384
Median home value	$152,700	$159,200
Median gross rent	$815	$591
Housing units	1,002	901
Homeownership rate	64.9%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowpens	Mayo
Population	1,942 → 2,031 (+4.6%)	1,469 → 1,963 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$26,959 → $37,168 (+37.9%)	$53,375 → $47,384 (-11.2%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $152,700 (+58.2%)	$70,300 → $159,200 (+126.5%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $815 (+35.6%)	—

Cowpens

Population

1,9422,031

Median household income

$26,959$37,168

Median home value

$96,500$152,700

Median gross rent

$601$815

Mayo

Population

1,4691,963

Median household income

$53,375$47,384

Median home value

$70,300$159,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowpens	Mayo
Under 5	5.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	13.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	18.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	27.9%	5.5%
75 and over	3.4%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowpens	Mayo
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	96.1%
Black or African American	9.2%	0.3%
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	3.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowpens	Mayo
No high school diploma	8.9%	26.9%
High school graduate	36.4%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowpens	Mayo
Drove alone	86.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.1%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowpens	Mayo
1-unit, detached	81.8%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Cowpens	Mayo
Poverty rate	31.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1973	1975