Carlisle vs Union

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle and Union: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union has the higher population (8,047 vs 438 in Carlisle). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($59,750 vs $34,112 in Union). Union has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $68,000 in Carlisle).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Union
Population	438	8,047
Median age	35.3 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,750	$34,112
Median home value	$68,000	$103,400
Median gross rent	$871	$789
Housing units	194	4,458
Homeownership rate	72.7%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Union
Population	383 → 438 (+14.4%)	7,769 → 8,047 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$22,000 → $59,750 (+171.6%)	$33,218 → $34,112 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$48,700 → $68,000 (+39.6%)	$80,700 → $103,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $871 (+14.2%)	$639 → $789 (+23.5%)

Carlisle

Population

383438

Median household income

$22,000$59,750

Median home value

$48,700$68,000

Median gross rent

$763$871

Union

Population

7,7698,047

Median household income

$33,218$34,112

Median home value

$80,700$103,400

Median gross rent

$639$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Union
Under 5	3.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	11.4%
18 to 24	20.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	13.6%
75 and over	4.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	11.4%	49.6%
Black or African American	86.3%	44.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Union
No high school diploma	16.3%	19.5%
High school graduate	49.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Union
Drove alone	95.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Union
1-unit, detached	72.2%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Union
Poverty rate	6.4%	26.4%
Average household size	3.06	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	40	26
Median year structure built	1979	1965