Mayo vs Pacolet

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

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

Pacolet has the higher population (2,164 vs 1,963 in Mayo). Mayo has the higher median household income ($47,384 vs $46,120 in Pacolet). Mayo has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $94,100 in Pacolet).

Population, income & housing

	Mayo	Pacolet
Population	1,963	2,164
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,384	$46,120
Median home value	$159,200	$94,100
Median gross rent	$591	$857
Housing units	901	1,185
Homeownership rate	75.5%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayo	Pacolet
Population	1,469 → 1,963 (+33.6%)	2,444 → 2,164 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$53,375 → $47,384 (-11.2%)	$40,863 → $46,120 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $159,200 (+126.5%)	$77,300 → $94,100 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$679 → $857 (+26.2%)

Mayo

Population

1,4691,963

Median household income

$53,375$47,384

Median home value

$70,300$159,200

Pacolet

Population

2,4442,164

Median household income

$40,863$46,120

Median home value

$77,300$94,100

Median gross rent

$679$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mayo	Pacolet
Under 5	7.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	13.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	18.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	14.4%
75 and over	12.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayo	Pacolet
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mayo	Pacolet
No high school diploma	26.9%	14.7%
High school graduate	32.1%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayo	Pacolet
Drove alone	76.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayo	Pacolet
1-unit, detached	54.5%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.3%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Mayo	Pacolet
Poverty rate	8.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1975	1964