With 4,157 people, Walhalla is a city in South Carolina. The poverty rate is 45.9%, above the 12.5% national rate. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. That trails the South Carolina median by roughly 48%. Households take in $36,327 at the median, 56% less than the US figure. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $171,900.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $36,327, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 40%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Walhalla
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate9.1% → 45.9%(+36.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
White share88.3% → 57.1%(−31.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share4.2% → 27.3%(+23.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Walhalla's population equals 5.2% of Oconee County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 21% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)6.6%(16)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.5%(110)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 242 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Walhalla, decade by decade
Walhalla population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,755
$51,001
$121,203
10.1%
26.5
2000
3,801
$52,943
$122,962
15.8%
48.5
2010
4,263
$53,535
$131,917
11.0%
58.9
2020
4,072
$40,340
$125,082
10.1%
64.6
2024
4,157
$36,327
$171,900
11.4%
72.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
