What is the population of Pacolet town?

Pacolet town has 2,164 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #189 of 475 in South Carolina.

What is the median household income in Pacolet town?

Median household income in Pacolet town is $46,120 a year, 41.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pacolet town?

Median gross rent is $857 a month and the median home value is $94,100, so rent absorbs about 22.3% of median household income.

Is Pacolet town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pacolet town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Pacolet, SC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Pacolet, South Carolina (Pacolet, SC — Census place “Pacolet town”) is 2,164 residents, ranking #189 of 475 places in South Carolina. Median household income is $46,120, the median home is worth $94,100 and median gross rent runs $857 a month. Looking for the Pacolet South Carolina ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Pacolet, SC: 29372, 29373.

Population: 2,164Pacolet town residents
Median household income: $46,120Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $94,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $857Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.7%Owner-occupied households

Pacolet ZIP codes (South Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pacolet.

The Pacolet SC ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Pacolet town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Pacolet town median would spend about 22.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.8% of residents and 72.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Pacolet town, SC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Pacolet town is a small town in South Carolina, with 2,164 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #189 of 475 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 42.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Pacolet town earn a median of $46,120 a year, 41.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% below the $53,071 median for the 263 South Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Pacolet town is valued at $94,100, 69% below the national figure and 47% below the $177,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $857 a month, 39% below the national figure, or roughly $10,284 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Pacolet town?: Pacolet town has 2,164 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #189 of 475 in South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Pacolet town?: Median household income in Pacolet town is $46,120 a year, 41.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pacolet town?: Median gross rent is $857 a month and the median home value is $94,100, so rent absorbs about 22.3% of median household income.
Is Pacolet town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pacolet town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Pacolet town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.