Abbeville County vs Edgefield County

A side-by-side comparison of Abbeville County and Edgefield County: population, income, housing, and more.

Abbeville County and Edgefield County are counties in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edgefield County has the higher population (26,508 vs 24,352 in Abbeville County). Edgefield County has the higher median household income ($67,092 vs $52,112 in Abbeville County). Edgefield County has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $147,200 in Abbeville County).

Population, income & housing

	Abbeville County	Edgefield County
Population	24,352	26,508
Median age	44.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,112	$67,092
Median home value	$147,200	$194,300
Median gross rent	$634	$854
Housing units	11,718	11,317
Homeownership rate	77.0%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbeville County	Edgefield County
Population	24,627 → 24,352 (-1.1%)	26,927 → 26,508 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$38,741 → $52,112 (+34.5%)	$49,127 → $67,092 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $147,200 (+62.1%)	$129,300 → $194,300 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $634 (-6.9%)	$637 → $854 (+34.1%)

Abbeville County

Population

24,62724,352

Median household income

$38,741$52,112

Median home value

$90,800$147,200

Median gross rent

$681$634

Edgefield County

Population

26,92726,508

Median household income

$49,127$67,092

Median home value

$129,300$194,300

Median gross rent

$637$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbeville County	Edgefield County
Under 5	4.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.0%
75 and over	9.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbeville County	Edgefield County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	57.7%
Black or African American	25.8%	31.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbeville County	Edgefield County
No high school diploma	13.8%	18.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbeville County	Edgefield County
Drove alone	84.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	6.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbeville County	Edgefield County
1-unit, detached	66.5%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	25.4%

Poverty & households

	Abbeville County	Edgefield County
Poverty rate	14.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1979	1988