Southern Shops vs Woodruff

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

Southern Shops 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 3,985 in Southern Shops). Woodruff has the higher median household income ($64,292 vs $35,016 in Southern Shops). Woodruff has the higher median home value ($188,500 vs $102,200 in Southern Shops).

Population, income & housing

	Southern Shops	Woodruff
Population	3,985	4,337
Median age	34.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,016	$64,292
Median home value	$102,200	$188,500
Median gross rent	$963	$772
Housing units	1,333	2,199
Homeownership rate	49.2%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southern Shops	Woodruff
Population	3,592 → 3,985 (+10.9%)	4,246 → 4,337 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$24,330 → $35,016 (+43.9%)	$32,295 → $64,292 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $102,200 (+71.5%)	$106,300 → $188,500 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $963 (+34.9%)	$584 → $772 (+32.2%)

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

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)

	Southern Shops	Woodruff
Under 5	8.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	20.6%	17.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	6.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.1%	9.9%
75 and over	3.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southern Shops	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	28.6%	65.0%
Black or African American	21.7%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	44.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southern Shops	Woodruff
No high school diploma	41.4%	13.7%
High school graduate	27.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southern Shops	Woodruff
Drove alone	80.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	17.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southern Shops	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	50.9%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	41.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Southern Shops	Woodruff
Poverty rate	44.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.87	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1980	1963