Clarendon County vs Newberry County

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

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

Newberry County has the higher population (38,121 vs 31,037 in Clarendon County). Newberry County has the higher median household income ($59,670 vs $48,887 in Clarendon County). Newberry County has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $147,300 in Clarendon County).

Population, income & housing

	Clarendon County	Newberry County
Population	31,037	38,121
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,887	$59,670
Median home value	$147,300	$158,200
Median gross rent	$728	$854
Housing units	16,009	18,398
Homeownership rate	73.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarendon County	Newberry County
Population	33,957 → 31,037 (-8.6%)	38,194 → 38,121 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$40,900 → $48,887 (+19.5%)	$44,226 → $59,670 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $147,300 (+44.4%)	$116,300 → $158,200 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $728 (+20.1%)	$765 → $854 (+11.6%)

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

Newberry County

Population

38,19438,121

Median household income

$44,226$59,670

Median home value

$116,300$158,200

Median gross rent

$765$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarendon County	Newberry County
Under 5	4.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.9%
75 and over	9.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarendon County	Newberry County
White (non-Hispanic)	48.9%	59.4%
Black or African American	45.2%	29.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarendon County	Newberry County
No high school diploma	18.1%	13.7%
High school graduate	36.8%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarendon County	Newberry County
Drove alone	83.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.1%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarendon County	Newberry County
1-unit, detached	56.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	36.1%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Clarendon County	Newberry County
Poverty rate	18.5%	16.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1989	1981