Whitney vs Woodruff

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

Whitney 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 3,659 in Whitney). Woodruff has the higher median household income ($64,292 vs $49,181 in Whitney). Woodruff has the higher median home value ($188,500 vs $136,700 in Whitney).

Population, income & housing

	Whitney	Woodruff
Population	3,659	4,337
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,181	$64,292
Median home value	$136,700	$188,500
Median gross rent	$899	$772
Housing units	1,833	2,199
Homeownership rate	62.6%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whitney	Woodruff
Population	3,999 → 3,659 (-8.5%)	4,246 → 4,337 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$43,607 → $49,181 (+12.8%)	$32,295 → $64,292 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $136,700 (+23.2%)	$106,300 → $188,500 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $899 (+16.6%)	$584 → $772 (+32.2%)

Whitney

Population

3,9993,659

Median household income

$43,607$49,181

Median home value

$111,000$136,700

Median gross rent

$771$899

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)

	Whitney	Woodruff
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	19.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	6.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.9%
75 and over	7.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whitney	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	65.0%
Black or African American	37.0%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whitney	Woodruff
No high school diploma	24.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whitney	Woodruff
Drove alone	74.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	19.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whitney	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	71.7%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Whitney	Woodruff
Poverty rate	13.7%	14.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1981	1963