A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Donalds$1,150/mo

Typical home $203K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.50% · or rent about $850/mo · Housing →

Bethune$1,020/mo

Typical home $180K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.50% · or rent about $1,591/mo · Housing →

The difference: $130 a month, about $1,600 a year, between Donalds and Bethune.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

DonaldsBethune

Snow a year1″1″

January low—32°F

July high—92°F

Growing season (days)—224d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)31st 27th

Outdoors & history

DonaldsBethune

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—2.4%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos3 6

Famous people born here—1

Community

DonaldsBethune

Library hours a week20 hrs 21 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

114 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DonaldsSC BethuneSC

Donalds ↔ Bethune114 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs South Carolina average

DonaldsBethune

People

Population 355Lowest 438Highest

Median age 46.4±11.8Highest 15% above SC 41.7±13Lowest 4% above SC

Donalds and Bethune are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 18%±4.7Lowest SC: 21.4% 22.4%±13.1Highest SC: 21.4%

Bethune and Donalds are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 16.6%±6.8Lowest SC: 18.9% 24.7%±1.1Highest SC: 18.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24%Highest SC: 32.1% 21.8%Lowest SC: 32.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±3.9Lowest SC: 5.7% 5.9%±9.8Highest SC: 5.7%

Bethune and Donalds are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $50,909±$9kHighest 27% below SC $44,000±$24kLowest 37% below SC

Donalds and Bethune are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $106,900±$15kHighest 59% below SC $106,800±$13kLowest 59% below SC

Donalds and Bethune are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $850±$217Lowest 28% below SC $1,591±$997Highest 35% above SC

Bethune and Donalds are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $538Highest 57% below SC $535Lowest 57% below SC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.5%±54.7Lowest SC: 52.1% 82.4%±34.2Highest SC: 52.1%

Bethune and Donalds are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 21.1%Lowest SC: 14.1% 34%Highest SC: 14.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 67.1%Highest SC: 71.9% 66.7%Lowest SC: 71.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1956Lowest 36 yrs older than SC 1960Highest 32 yrs older than SC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest about the SC average 29 minHighest 12% above SC

Work from home 11.9%±11Highest SC: 11.5% 2.1%±4.1Lowest SC: 11.5%

Donalds and Bethune are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 1.6%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 36.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.47Lowest 0.48Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Greenwood (9%)Camden (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BethuneFew work in Donalds

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Lowest 2.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 29.7Lowest 53.5Highest

South Carolina average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Donalds vs Bethune

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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