Saxon vs Woodruff

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

Saxon 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 4,139 in Saxon). Woodruff has the higher median household income ($64,292 vs $28,394 in Saxon). Woodruff has the higher median home value ($188,500 vs $68,900 in Saxon).

Population, income & housing

	Saxon	Woodruff
Population	4,139	4,337
Median age	27.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$28,394	$64,292
Median home value	$68,900	$188,500
Median gross rent	$909	$772
Housing units	1,643	2,199
Homeownership rate	45.2%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saxon	Woodruff
Population	3,827 → 4,139 (+8.2%)	4,246 → 4,337 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$21,367 → $28,394 (+32.9%)	$32,295 → $64,292 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$41,000 → $68,900 (+68.0%)	$106,300 → $188,500 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $909 (+22.8%)	$584 → $772 (+32.2%)

Saxon

Population

3,8274,139

Median household income

$21,367$28,394

Median home value

$41,000$68,900

Median gross rent

$740$909

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)

	Saxon	Woodruff
Under 5	7.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	21.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.6%
55 to 64	7.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.9%
75 and over	4.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saxon	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	65.0%
Black or African American	40.4%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saxon	Woodruff
No high school diploma	31.0%	13.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saxon	Woodruff
Drove alone	66.1%	82.7%
Carpooled	26.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saxon	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	49.5%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Saxon	Woodruff
Poverty rate	44.3%	14.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1969	1963