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Pickens CCD, Pickens County, SC

17,793 Population
99.8 square miles 178.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pickens County: 36.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,688 ±$3,192 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pickens County: $34,724 ±$2,628
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,244 ±$3,289 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Pickens County: $61,064 ±$1,855
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±3.1% (2,007  ±555) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pickens County: 17.2% 21,637 (±1.5% / ±1,860)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31 minutes ±4.5 (237,425  ±24,002) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pickens County: 26.4 1,432,660 (±0.7 / ±55,217)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,616 ±383 Number of households
  • Pickens County: 52,414 ±676
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (17,439  ±1,177) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pickens County: 2.4 126,130 (±0 / ±76)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±1.6% (128  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pickens County: 4.6% † 1,526 (±0.8% / ±274)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,400 ±429 Number of housing units
  • Pickens County: 58,677 ±134
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$196,600 ±$14,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pickens County: $231,900 ±$4,875
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±2.8% (2,032  ±508.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pickens County: 17.1% 22,773 (±1.1% / ±1,513.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±2.6% (10,302  ±714.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pickens County: 87.8% 75,101 (±2.4% / ±2,083.8)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.8% ±2.4% (2,165  ±316.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pickens County: 28.5% 24,411 (±1.5% / ±1,265.3)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.2% ±0.5% (211  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Pickens County: 3.6% 4,775
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.2% (863  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Pickens County: 5.9% 6,468 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
863 Total veterans ±177 801 Male ±174 62 Female ±34

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