Privateer vs Wedgefield

A side-by-side comparison of Privateer and Wedgefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Privateer has the higher population (2,294 vs 1,480 in Wedgefield). Privateer has the higher median household income ($49,861 vs $41,662 in Wedgefield). Privateer has the higher median home value ($96,800 vs $50,500 in Wedgefield).

Population, income & housing

	Privateer	Wedgefield
Population	2,294	1,480
Median age	33.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,861	$41,662
Median home value	$96,800	$50,500
Median gross rent	$791	—
Housing units	735	742
Homeownership rate	76.5%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Privateer	Wedgefield
Population	1,916 → 2,294 (+19.7%)	1,994 → 1,480 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $49,861 (+2.6%)	$45,878 → $41,662 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $96,800 (-20.3%)	$84,100 → $50,500 (-40.0%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $791 (+13.6%)	$792 → $1,066 (+34.6%)

Privateer

Population

1,9162,294

Median household income

$48,594$49,861

Median home value

$121,500$96,800

Median gross rent

$696$791

Wedgefield

Population

1,9941,480

Median household income

$45,878$41,662

Median home value

$84,100$50,500

Median gross rent

$792$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Privateer	Wedgefield
Under 5	14.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	17.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	19.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	6.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.2%
75 and over	5.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Privateer	Wedgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	66.8%
Black or African American	19.1%	28.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Privateer	Wedgefield
No high school diploma	10.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	44.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Privateer	Wedgefield
Drove alone	87.1%	94.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Privateer	Wedgefield
1-unit, detached	52.9%	26.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.1%	74.0%

Poverty & households

	Privateer	Wedgefield
Poverty rate	25.9%	18.7%
Average household size	3.36	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1987	1991