Anderson, SC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Anderson, SC: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 93,613. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet ANDERSON-SC · Anderson, SC 4 ZIPs · 93,613 pop · #19735/25278 · Anderson County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $55,740
- RANK-LOWER #19735/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Honea Path
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 69% owners
- POP-SMALL 93,613
- SPREAD-WIDE 29624→29621
- HOME-LOW $187,525
Nearest income peer: Honea Path, SC (+ $2,339 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Anderson
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Anderson on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Iva · lowest
Iva · lowest
$51,395 median HH income
- Anderson · this city
Anderson · this city
$55,740 median HH income
- Honea Path · near
Honea Path · near
$58,079 median HH income
- Starr · near
Starr · near
$58,889 median HH income
- Belton · near
Belton · near
$59,167 median HH income
- Townville · highest
Townville · highest
$72,951 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Anderson, SC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 22nd pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 93,613
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $55,740
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 4 ZIPs ($55,740 average) · poverty 20.4%. The primary code (29621) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Anderson as a pure owner town.
Within South Carolina, Fork is the closest lower-income city and Georgetown the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Anderson.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Anderson differ
Anderson's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $30,549 in ZIP 29624 to $74,256 in ZIP 29621, while home values span $76,900 in 29624 to $278,400 in 29621. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 2.4×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 3.6×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 26.4 points
29624 to 29621
29624 to 29621
29621 to 29624
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Anderson residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Anderson: the largest, 29621, is only about 42% of 93,613 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Anderson
Citywide ZBP: 2,340 establishments, 49,611 employees , annual payroll $2,554,845k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 29621 (1,340 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (446) · also Accommodation and food services · Health care and social assistance .
ZIP Codes in Anderson, SC
These ZIP codes sit in Anderson County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Anderson. See the Anderson County roll-up →
Anderson sits in the lower half of Anderson County on income: Belton, Pelzer and Williamston report more, and only Iva reports less. Townville marks the far end of that range at $72,951, 31% above Anderson.
Side-by-side: Compare 29621 vs 29625 →
Anderson roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Anderson, .