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Pickens, SC

3,386 Population
3.1 square miles 1,107.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±5.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,769 ±$4,185 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $38,413 ±$671
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$58,534 ±$21,381 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $69,016 ±$1,036
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

16.7% ±6.6% (514  ±204) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 13.1% 120,212 (±0.5% / ±4,744)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

38.1 minutes ±5.8 (50,085  ±10,723) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 24.9 9,918,085 (±0.4 / ±174,190)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

1,188 ±143 Number of households
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 375,603 ±1,808
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.6 ±0.3 (3,071  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 2.5 920,189 (±0 / ±152)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

16.2% ±12.6% (116  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 5.8% 12,965 (±0.4% / ±866)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

1,452 ±206 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 413,652 ±278
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$196,400 ±$28,049 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $242,700 ±$2,423
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

17.9% ±7.1% (591  ±235.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 14.3% 133,661 (±0.5% / ±4,832.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

85.2% ±6.2% (1,839  ±294) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 89% 570,994 (±0.9% / ±5,909.1)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
14% ±5.6% (302  ±128.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 33.7% 216,297 (±0.6% / ±3,684.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

1.9% ±1.8% (65  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 6.7% 62,842
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

4.9% ±2.7% (123  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 7% 51,163 (±0.2% / ±1,623)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
123 Total veterans ±70 114 Male ±70 9 Female ±14

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