Kershaw County vs Oconee County

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

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

Oconee County has the higher population (79,566 vs 66,924 in Kershaw County). Kershaw County has the higher median household income ($64,343 vs $60,193 in Oconee County). Oconee County has the higher median home value ($217,200 vs $191,900 in Kershaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Kershaw County	Oconee County
Population	66,924	79,566
Median age	40.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,343	$60,193
Median home value	$191,900	$217,200
Median gross rent	$872	$876
Housing units	29,623	41,514
Homeownership rate	81.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kershaw County	Oconee County
Population	65,112 → 66,924 (+2.8%)	77,528 → 79,566 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$51,479 → $64,343 (+25.0%)	$49,134 → $60,193 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $191,900 (+46.4%)	$159,800 → $217,200 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $872 (+12.5%)	$762 → $876 (+15.0%)

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

Oconee County

Population

77,52879,566

Median household income

$49,134$60,193

Median home value

$159,800$217,200

Median gross rent

$762$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kershaw County	Oconee County
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.6%
75 and over	7.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kershaw County	Oconee County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	23.4%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kershaw County	Oconee County
No high school diploma	10.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	33.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kershaw County	Oconee County
Drove alone	82.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kershaw County	Oconee County
1-unit, detached	72.0%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Kershaw County	Oconee County
Poverty rate	14.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1991	1990