Cowpens vs Reidville

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

Cowpens and Reidville 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 1,955 in Reidville). Reidville has the higher median household income ($117,692 vs $37,168 in Cowpens). Reidville has the higher median home value ($326,200 vs $152,700 in Cowpens).

Population, income & housing

	Cowpens	Reidville
Population	2,031	1,955
Median age	48.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,168	$117,692
Median home value	$152,700	$326,200
Median gross rent	$815	$1,014
Housing units	1,002	718
Homeownership rate	64.9%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowpens	Reidville
Population	1,942 → 2,031 (+4.6%)	1,002 → 1,955 (+95.1%)
Median household income	$26,959 → $37,168 (+37.9%)	$96,875 → $117,692 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $152,700 (+58.2%)	$222,100 → $326,200 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $815 (+35.6%)	$756 → $1,014 (+34.1%)

Cowpens

Population

1,9422,031

Median household income

$26,959$37,168

Median home value

$96,500$152,700

Median gross rent

$601$815

Reidville

Population

1,0021,955

Median household income

$96,875$117,692

Median home value

$222,100$326,200

Median gross rent

$756$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowpens	Reidville
Under 5	5.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	10.1%	23.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	17.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	27.9%	5.2%
75 and over	3.4%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowpens	Reidville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	71.5%
Black or African American	9.2%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowpens	Reidville
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	36.4%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowpens	Reidville
Drove alone	86.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowpens	Reidville
1-unit, detached	81.8%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Cowpens	Reidville
Poverty rate	31.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.23	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1973	2013