Bamberg County vs Calhoun County

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

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

Calhoun County has the higher population (14,150 vs 13,164 in Bamberg County). Calhoun County has the higher median household income ($56,690 vs $43,206 in Bamberg County). Calhoun County has the higher median home value ($148,800 vs $96,000 in Bamberg County).

Population, income & housing

	Bamberg County	Calhoun County
Population	13,164	14,150
Median age	41.7 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,206	$56,690
Median home value	$96,000	$148,800
Median gross rent	$794	$994
Housing units	6,598	7,061
Homeownership rate	74.2%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bamberg County	Calhoun County
Population	14,376 → 13,164 (-8.4%)	14,663 → 14,150 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$31,422 → $43,206 (+37.5%)	$46,339 → $56,690 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $96,000 (+27.3%)	$107,200 → $148,800 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $794 (+0.0%)	$666 → $994 (+49.2%)

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

Calhoun County

Population

14,66314,150

Median household income

$46,339$56,690

Median home value

$107,200$148,800

Median gross rent

$666$994

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bamberg County	Calhoun County
Under 5	4.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	13.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.2%
75 and over	9.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bamberg County	Calhoun County
White (non-Hispanic)	37.1%	54.8%
Black or African American	59.6%	38.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bamberg County	Calhoun County
No high school diploma	23.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bamberg County	Calhoun County
Drove alone	78.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.5%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	9.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bamberg County	Calhoun County
1-unit, detached	67.1%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	31.9%

Poverty & households

	Bamberg County	Calhoun County
Poverty rate	21.6%	16.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1977	1989