Fort Mill vs Tega Cay

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Mill and Tega Cay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Mill has the higher population (28,281 vs 13,267 in Tega Cay). Tega Cay has the higher median household income ($141,037 vs $127,537 in Fort Mill). Tega Cay has the higher median home value ($494,500 vs $457,000 in Fort Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Mill	Tega Cay
Population	28,281	13,267
Median age	38.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$127,537	$141,037
Median home value	$457,000	$494,500
Median gross rent	$1,437	$1,307
Housing units	10,311	4,862
Homeownership rate	84.4%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Mill	Tega Cay
Population	17,692 → 28,281 (+59.9%)	10,412 → 13,267 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$91,061 → $127,537 (+40.1%)	$130,918 → $141,037 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$289,200 → $457,000 (+58.0%)	$331,100 → $494,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,437 (+33.9%)	$1,453 → $1,307 (-10.0%)

Fort Mill

Population

17,69228,281

Median household income

$91,061$127,537

Median home value

$289,200$457,000

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,437

Tega Cay

Population

10,41213,267

Median household income

$130,918$141,037

Median home value

$331,100$494,500

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Mill	Tega Cay
Under 5	5.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	24.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	18.4%	22.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.6%
75 and over	4.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Mill	Tega Cay
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	69.3%
Black or African American	11.5%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Mill	Tega Cay
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	14.2%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Mill	Tega Cay
Drove alone	68.1%	64.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	25.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Mill	Tega Cay
1-unit, detached	79.2%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Mill	Tega Cay
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2010	2006