Beech Island vs Monetta

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Island and Monetta: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Island and Monetta are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beech Island has the higher population (1,139 vs 209 in Monetta). Monetta has the higher median household income ($55,781 vs $31,996 in Beech Island). Beech Island has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $52,800 in Monetta).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Island	Monetta
Population	1,139	209
Median age	39.3 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,996	$55,781
Median home value	$105,400	$52,800
Median gross rent	$982	$964
Housing units	619	115
Homeownership rate	77.0%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Island	Monetta
Population	1,165 → 1,139 (-2.2%)	239 → 209 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$33,173 → $31,996 (-3.5%)	$33,250 → $55,781 (+67.8%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $105,400 (+10.1%)	$65,000 → $52,800 (-18.8%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $982 (+43.1%)	$816 → $964 (+18.1%)

Beech Island

Population

1,1651,139

Median household income

$33,173$31,996

Median home value

$95,700$105,400

Median gross rent

$686$982

Monetta

Population

239209

Median household income

$33,250$55,781

Median home value

$65,000$52,800

Median gross rent

$816$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Island	Monetta
Under 5	3.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	21.9%	1.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	16.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	25.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	20.4%	15.8%
75 and over	3.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Island	Monetta
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	34.4%
Black or African American	60.8%	45.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Island	Monetta
No high school diploma	12.2%	22.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Island	Monetta
Drove alone	85.1%	95.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Island	Monetta
1-unit, detached	74.8%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Beech Island	Monetta
Poverty rate	26.6%	14.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1974	1971