Hilltop vs Roebuck

A side-by-side comparison of Hilltop and Roebuck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roebuck has the higher population (3,468 vs 3,058 in Hilltop). Roebuck has the higher median household income ($51,111 vs $39,432 in Hilltop). Roebuck has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $121,400 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Hilltop	Roebuck
Population	3,058	3,468
Median age	36.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,432	$51,111
Median home value	$121,400	$192,800
Median gross rent	$1,153	$1,087
Housing units	1,234	1,429
Homeownership rate	50.6%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilltop	Roebuck
Population	3,483 → 3,058 (-12.2%)	2,851 → 3,468 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$36,134 → $39,432 (+9.1%)	$52,794 → $51,111 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $121,400 (+43.2%)	$155,300 → $192,800 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,153 (+20.0%)	$871 → $1,087 (+24.8%)

Hilltop

Population

3,4833,058

Median household income

$36,134$39,432

Median home value

$84,800$121,400

Median gross rent

$961$1,153

Roebuck

Population

2,8513,468

Median household income

$52,794$51,111

Median home value

$155,300$192,800

Median gross rent

$871$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilltop	Roebuck
Under 5	7.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	23.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	19.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	4.4%
75 and over	6.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilltop	Roebuck
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	60.8%
Black or African American	37.1%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilltop	Roebuck
No high school diploma	19.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	38.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilltop	Roebuck
Drove alone	73.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	19.7%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	9.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilltop	Roebuck
1-unit, detached	80.3%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	7.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Hilltop	Roebuck
Poverty rate	17.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1966	1989