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West Columbia, SC ZIP Codes

4 ZIP codes use the postal name West Columbia, South Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 3 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $57,122 in 29169 to $74,902 in 29170, 1.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). West Columbia's most populous ZIP code is 29169, with 21,647 people (ACS 2020-2024); 68% of its land is in the city of West Columbia.

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Where are West Columbia's ZIP codes?

29169: $57k median household income29170: $75k median household income29172: $64k median household income29172291702916929169: $57k median household income29170: $75k median household income29172: $64k median household income29172291702916929169: $57k median household income29170: $75k median household income29172: $64k median household income291722917029169
The 3 residential ZIP codes named West Columbia, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are West Columbia's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 29170 ($74,902), the lowest in 29169 ($57,122). Home values run from $180,800 in 29172 to $212,800 in 29170.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 3 residential ZIP codes of West Columbia

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name West Columbia, SC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
29169 Lexington County 21,647 1,863 $57k $209k
29170 Lexington County 21,247 869 $75k $213k
29172 Lexington County 8,974 376 $64k $181k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in West Columbia

1 ZIP code named West Columbia has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

West Columbia, SC: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
29171Lexington County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do West Columbia's ZIP codes reach?

West Columbia's residential ZIP codes lie in Lexington County.

Which places do West Columbia's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, West Columbia's residential ZIP codes cover West Columbia itself and 5 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do West Columbia's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of West Columbia starts with 291.

Three-digit prefixes of West Columbia's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are West Columbia's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
291 Columbia, SC (SCF 290) 4 53

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.