Clarendon County vs Jasper County

A side-by-side comparison of Clarendon County and Jasper County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clarendon County has the higher population (31,037 vs 30,658 in Jasper County). Jasper County has the higher median household income ($63,503 vs $48,887 in Clarendon County). Jasper County has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $147,300 in Clarendon County).

Population, income & housing

	Clarendon County	Jasper County
Population	31,037	30,658
Median age	45.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,887	$63,503
Median home value	$147,300	$269,400
Median gross rent	$728	$1,307
Housing units	16,009	13,868
Homeownership rate	73.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarendon County	Jasper County
Population	33,957 → 31,037 (-8.6%)	28,657 → 30,658 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$40,900 → $48,887 (+19.5%)	$45,601 → $63,503 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $147,300 (+44.4%)	$166,200 → $269,400 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $728 (+20.1%)	$929 → $1,307 (+40.7%)

Clarendon County

Population

33,95731,037

Median household income

$40,900$48,887

Median home value

$102,000$147,300

Median gross rent

$606$728

Jasper County

Population

28,65730,658

Median household income

$45,601$63,503

Median home value

$166,200$269,400

Median gross rent

$929$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarendon County	Jasper County
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.6%
75 and over	9.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarendon County	Jasper County
White (non-Hispanic)	48.9%	44.9%
Black or African American	45.2%	34.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarendon County	Jasper County
No high school diploma	18.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	36.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarendon County	Jasper County
Drove alone	83.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarendon County	Jasper County
1-unit, detached	56.6%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	6.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	36.1%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Clarendon County	Jasper County
Poverty rate	18.5%	18.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1989	2002