Roebuck vs Southern Shops

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

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

Southern Shops has the higher population (3,985 vs 3,468 in Roebuck). Roebuck has the higher median household income ($51,111 vs $35,016 in Southern Shops). Roebuck has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $102,200 in Southern Shops).

Population, income & housing

	Roebuck	Southern Shops
Population	3,468	3,985
Median age	36.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,111	$35,016
Median home value	$192,800	$102,200
Median gross rent	$1,087	$963
Housing units	1,429	1,333
Homeownership rate	80.2%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roebuck	Southern Shops
Population	2,851 → 3,468 (+21.6%)	3,592 → 3,985 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$52,794 → $51,111 (-3.2%)	$24,330 → $35,016 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $192,800 (+24.1%)	$59,600 → $102,200 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $1,087 (+24.8%)	$714 → $963 (+34.9%)

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

Southern Shops

Population

3,5923,985

Median household income

$24,330$35,016

Median home value

$59,600$102,200

Median gross rent

$714$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roebuck	Southern Shops
Under 5	7.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	23.2%	20.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	19.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	4.4%	3.1%
75 and over	5.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roebuck	Southern Shops
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	28.6%
Black or African American	22.3%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	44.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roebuck	Southern Shops
No high school diploma	11.8%	41.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roebuck	Southern Shops
Drove alone	76.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roebuck	Southern Shops
1-unit, detached	75.9%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Roebuck	Southern Shops
Poverty rate	8.7%	44.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1989	1980