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Anderson County, SC

217,183 Population
713.9 square miles 304.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,040 ±$2,188 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,226 ±$5,678 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.2% ±2.2% (28,110  ±4,769) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.7 minutes ±1.7 (2,555,660  ±195,835) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 26.3 59,371,680 (±0.3 / ±951,035)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

85,800 ±2,140 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (213,695  ±69) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.8% ±1.6% (1,902  ±784) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

95,126 ±49 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$264,300 ±$11,082 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.6% ±1.9% (20,610  ±4,115.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.9% ±4.1% (135,419  ±6,157.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.1% ±2.3% (42,266  ±3,405.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% (9,236  ±1,835) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±0.8% (10,423  ±1,422) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,423 Total veterans ±1,422 9,416 Male ±1,239 1,007 Female ±572

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