Valley Falls vs Woodruff

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

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

Valley Falls has the higher population (7,249 vs 4,337 in Woodruff). Woodruff has the higher median household income ($64,292 vs $55,671 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median home value ($229,600 vs $188,500 in Woodruff).

Population, income & housing

	Valley Falls	Woodruff
Population	7,249	4,337
Median age	25.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,671	$64,292
Median home value	$229,600	$188,500
Median gross rent	$955	$772
Housing units	3,067	2,199
Homeownership rate	46.6%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valley Falls	Woodruff
Population	6,656 → 7,249 (+8.9%)	4,246 → 4,337 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$35,743 → $55,671 (+55.8%)	$32,295 → $64,292 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$153,200 → $229,600 (+49.9%)	$106,300 → $188,500 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $955 (+36.6%)	$584 → $772 (+32.2%)

Valley Falls

Population

6,6567,249

Median household income

$35,743$55,671

Median home value

$153,200$229,600

Median gross rent

$699$955

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)

	Valley Falls	Woodruff
Under 5	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	8.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	35.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	17.2%
35 to 44	5.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.9%
75 and over	4.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valley Falls	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	50.4%	65.0%
Black or African American	34.3%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valley Falls	Woodruff
No high school diploma	12.1%	13.7%
High school graduate	27.9%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valley Falls	Woodruff
Drove alone	79.8%	82.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.1%
Other means	4.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valley Falls	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	43.6%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	22.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Valley Falls	Woodruff
Poverty rate	22.4%	14.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	2003	1963