Oswego vs Pinewood

A side-by-side comparison of Oswego and Pinewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pinewood has the higher population (559 vs 211 in Oswego). Since 2019, Pinewood's population has grown faster (+13.4% vs -27.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Oswego	Pinewood
Population	211	559
Median age	15.4 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$27,500
Median home value	—	$88,500
Median gross rent	—	$435
Housing units	40	261
Homeownership rate	100.0%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	—	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oswego	Pinewood
Population	292 → 211 (-27.7%)	493 → 559 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$47,625 → $52,708 (+10.7%)	$31,458 → $27,500 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$229,600 → $229,700 (+0.0%)	$81,600 → $88,500 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$379 → $435 (+14.8%)

Oswego

Population

292211

Median household income

$47,625$52,708

Median home value

$229,600$229,700

Pinewood

Population

493559

Median household income

$31,458$27,500

Median home value

$81,600$88,500

Median gross rent

$379$435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oswego	Pinewood
Under 5	0.0%	16.6%
5 to 17	61.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	38.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.2%
75 and over	0.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oswego	Pinewood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	34.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	52.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oswego	Pinewood
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	100.0%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oswego	Pinewood
Drove alone	—	60.8%
Carpooled	—	24.4%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	5.1%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	5.5%
Other means	—	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oswego	Pinewood
1-unit, detached	0.0%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Oswego	Pinewood
Poverty rate	100.0%	34.8%
Average household size	5.28	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	—	1970