Greenwood County vs Kershaw County

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood County and Kershaw County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwood County has the higher population (69,329 vs 66,924 in Kershaw County). Kershaw County has the higher median household income ($64,343 vs $50,635 in Greenwood County). Kershaw County has the higher median home value ($191,900 vs $166,400 in Greenwood County).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood County	Kershaw County
Population	69,329	66,924
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,635	$64,343
Median home value	$166,400	$191,900
Median gross rent	$880	$872
Housing units	31,549	29,623
Homeownership rate	66.2%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood County	Kershaw County
Population	70,411 → 69,329 (-1.5%)	65,112 → 66,924 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$42,336 → $50,635 (+19.6%)	$51,479 → $64,343 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $166,400 (+35.5%)	$131,100 → $191,900 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $880 (+20.1%)	$775 → $872 (+12.5%)

Greenwood County

Population

70,41169,329

Median household income

$42,336$50,635

Median home value

$122,800$166,400

Median gross rent

$733$880

Kershaw County

Population

65,11266,924

Median household income

$51,479$64,343

Median home value

$131,100$191,900

Median gross rent

$775$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood County	Kershaw County
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.7%
75 and over	8.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood County	Kershaw County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	66.7%
Black or African American	31.2%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood County	Kershaw County
No high school diploma	11.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	32.8%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood County	Kershaw County
Drove alone	85.0%	82.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.9%	7.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood County	Kershaw County
1-unit, detached	67.1%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood County	Kershaw County
Poverty rate	17.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1976	1991