Fort Mill vs York

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

Fort Mill and York 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 8,697 in York). Fort Mill has the higher median household income ($127,537 vs $47,315 in York). Fort Mill has the higher median home value ($457,000 vs $161,000 in York).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Mill	York
Population	28,281	8,697
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$127,537	$47,315
Median home value	$457,000	$161,000
Median gross rent	$1,437	$833
Housing units	10,311	3,799
Homeownership rate	84.4%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Mill	York
Population	17,692 → 28,281 (+59.9%)	8,144 → 8,697 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$91,061 → $127,537 (+40.1%)	$39,969 → $47,315 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$289,200 → $457,000 (+58.0%)	$138,800 → $161,000 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,437 (+33.9%)	$651 → $833 (+28.0%)

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

York

Population

8,1448,697

Median household income

$39,969$47,315

Median home value

$138,800$161,000

Median gross rent

$651$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Mill	York
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	24.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	18.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.0%
75 and over	4.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Mill	York
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	47.8%
Black or African American	11.5%	27.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	3.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	4.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Mill	York
No high school diploma	2.4%	18.0%
High school graduate	14.2%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Mill	York
Drove alone	68.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	2.9%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Mill	York
1-unit, detached	79.2%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Mill	York
Poverty rate	3.7%	16.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	2010	1979