Roebuck vs Woodruff

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

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

Woodruff has the higher population (4,337 vs 3,468 in Roebuck). Woodruff has the higher median household income ($64,292 vs $51,111 in Roebuck). Roebuck has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $188,500 in Woodruff).

Population, income & housing

	Roebuck	Woodruff
Population	3,468	4,337
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,111	$64,292
Median home value	$192,800	$188,500
Median gross rent	$1,087	$772
Housing units	1,429	2,199
Homeownership rate	80.2%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roebuck	Woodruff
Population	2,851 → 3,468 (+21.6%)	4,246 → 4,337 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$52,794 → $51,111 (-3.2%)	$32,295 → $64,292 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $192,800 (+24.1%)	$106,300 → $188,500 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $1,087 (+24.8%)	$584 → $772 (+32.2%)

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

Woodruff

Population

4,2464,337

Median household income

$32,295$64,292

Median home value

$106,300$188,500

Median gross rent

$584$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roebuck	Woodruff
Under 5	7.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	23.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	19.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	4.4%	9.9%
75 and over	5.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roebuck	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	65.0%
Black or African American	22.3%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roebuck	Woodruff
No high school diploma	11.8%	13.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roebuck	Woodruff
Drove alone	76.6%	82.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roebuck	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	75.9%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Roebuck	Woodruff
Poverty rate	8.7%	14.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1989	1963