Allendale County vs Bamberg County

A side-by-side comparison of Allendale County and Bamberg County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bamberg County has the higher population (13,164 vs 7,738 in Allendale County). Bamberg County has the higher median household income ($43,206 vs $31,603 in Allendale County). Bamberg County has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $61,600 in Allendale County).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale County	Bamberg County
Population	7,738	13,164
Median age	42.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,603	$43,206
Median home value	$61,600	$96,000
Median gross rent	$691	$794
Housing units	4,055	6,598
Homeownership rate	64.7%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale County	Bamberg County
Population	9,024 → 7,738 (-14.3%)	14,376 → 13,164 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$27,185 → $31,603 (+16.3%)	$31,422 → $43,206 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$49,200 → $61,600 (+25.2%)	$75,400 → $96,000 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $691 (+14.8%)	$794 → $794 (+0.0%)

Allendale County

Population

9,0247,738

Median household income

$27,185$31,603

Median home value

$49,200$61,600

Median gross rent

$602$691

Bamberg County

Population

14,37613,164

Median household income

$31,422$43,206

Median home value

$75,400$96,000

Median gross rent

$794$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale County	Bamberg County
Under 5	4.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	13.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	13.8%
75 and over	8.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale County	Bamberg County
White (non-Hispanic)	22.6%	37.1%
Black or African American	64.0%	59.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale County	Bamberg County
No high school diploma	20.4%	23.1%
High school graduate	41.8%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale County	Bamberg County
Drove alone	83.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.2%	2.2%
Walked	1.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.5%	8.0%
Other means	2.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale County	Bamberg County
1-unit, detached	65.0%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.2%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Allendale County	Bamberg County
Poverty rate	26.5%	21.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1981	1977