Monarch Mill vs Union

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

Monarch Mill 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 1,828 in Monarch Mill). Monarch Mill has the higher median household income ($39,212 vs $34,112 in Union). Union has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $79,500 in Monarch Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Monarch Mill	Union
Population	1,828	8,047
Median age	33.9 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,212	$34,112
Median home value	$79,500	$103,400
Median gross rent	$679	$789
Housing units	846	4,458
Homeownership rate	69.5%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monarch Mill	Union
Population	1,452 → 1,828 (+25.9%)	7,769 → 8,047 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $39,212 (+1.2%)	$33,218 → $34,112 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$53,400 → $79,500 (+48.9%)	$80,700 → $103,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $679 (-26.5%)	$639 → $789 (+23.5%)

Monarch Mill

Population

1,4521,828

Median household income

$38,750$39,212

Median home value

$53,400$79,500

Median gross rent

$924$679

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)

	Monarch Mill	Union
Under 5	9.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.6%
75 and over	8.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monarch Mill	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	49.6%
Black or African American	16.6%	44.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monarch Mill	Union
No high school diploma	18.5%	19.5%
High school graduate	46.0%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monarch Mill	Union
Drove alone	69.2%	77.1%
Carpooled	26.9%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	1.5%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monarch Mill	Union
1-unit, detached	74.0%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	5.2%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Monarch Mill	Union
Poverty rate	24.9%	26.4%
Average household size	2.30	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1966	1965