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Pickens, SC

3,374 Population
3.1 square miles 1,103.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±9.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$22,948 ±$4,158 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $36,818 ±$626
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $36,072 ±$266
$43,452 ±$36,358 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $66,226 ±$967
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $63,623 ±$486

18.1% ±9.2% (558  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 13.1% 118,235 (±0.5% / ±4,485)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.4% 717,849 (±0.2% / ±11,836)

37.9 minutes ±8.8 (53,270  ±14,512) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 24.9 9,887,235 (±0.3 / ±151,697)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)

Families

1,174 ±167 Number of households
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 366,748 ±1,987
  • South Carolina: 2,023,085 ±5,487
2.6 ±0.4 (3,092  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 2.5 906,576 (±0 / ±189)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,004,353

14.9% ±10.1% (117  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 5.8% 12,612 (±0.5% / ±986)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 62,830 (±0.2% / ±2,492)

Housing

1,470 ±227 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 406,036 ±246
  • South Carolina: 2,362,253 ±501

$191,100 ±$51,589 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $221,100 ±$2,430
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $216,200 ±$1,122

20.8% ±8.6% (681  ±,282.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 14.6% 134,388 (±0.5% / ±4,663.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 686,178 (±0.2% / ±10,988)

Social

86% ±8.2% (1,774  ±,297.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 88.5% 558,713 (±1% / ±5,982.4)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.3% 3,174,118 (±0.4% / ±15,315.5)
13.3% ±4.8% (274  ±105) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 33.2% 209,804 (±0.6% / ±3,662.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 30.6% 1,088,770 (±0.3% / ±9,317.5)

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

2.3% ±2.3% (77  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 6.4% 59,268
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 270,170

4.3% ±2.1% (106  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 7.2% 51,868 (±0.2% / ±1,474)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 349,900 (±0.1% / ±4,262)
106 Total veterans ±52 97 Male ±54 9 Female ±14

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