Saxon vs Southern Shops

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

Saxon 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.

Saxon has the higher population (4,139 vs 3,985 in Southern Shops). Southern Shops has the higher median household income ($35,016 vs $28,394 in Saxon). Southern Shops has the higher median home value ($102,200 vs $68,900 in Saxon).

Population, income & housing

	Saxon	Southern Shops
Population	4,139	3,985
Median age	27.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$28,394	$35,016
Median home value	$68,900	$102,200
Median gross rent	$909	$963
Housing units	1,643	1,333
Homeownership rate	45.2%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saxon	Southern Shops
Population	3,827 → 4,139 (+8.2%)	3,592 → 3,985 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$21,367 → $28,394 (+32.9%)	$24,330 → $35,016 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$41,000 → $68,900 (+68.0%)	$59,600 → $102,200 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $909 (+22.8%)	$714 → $963 (+34.9%)

Saxon

Population

3,8274,139

Median household income

$21,367$28,394

Median home value

$41,000$68,900

Median gross rent

$740$909

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)

	Saxon	Southern Shops
Under 5	7.9%	8.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	21.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	20.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	3.1%
75 and over	4.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saxon	Southern Shops
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	28.6%
Black or African American	40.4%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	44.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saxon	Southern Shops
No high school diploma	31.0%	41.4%
High school graduate	34.2%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saxon	Southern Shops
Drove alone	66.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	26.7%	17.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saxon	Southern Shops
1-unit, detached	49.5%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Saxon	Southern Shops
Poverty rate	44.3%	44.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1969	1980