South Carolina · FIPS 45073
Oconee ZIP codes — Oconee County, South Carolina
Quick answer
Oconee County is home to 79,566 residents with a median household income of $60,193 and a median home value of $217,200. 75.4% of households own their home and 16.4% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Oconee ZIP code? 11 ZIP code areas fall inside Oconee County, South Carolina, listed in full below.
- Population
- 79,566Oconee County residents
- Median household income
- $60,193Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $217,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $876Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 46.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 75.4%Owner-occupied households
Oconee County, SC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Oconee County is a small city in South Carolina, with 79,566 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 46.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Oconee County earn a median of $60,193 a year, 23.4% below the national figure of $78,538. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Oconee County is valued at $217,200, 28.4% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $876 a month, 37.7% below the national figure, or roughly $10,512 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 75.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.
ZIP codes in Oconee County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Oconee County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in South Carolina
Largest Census places in South Carolina by population.
- Charleston city 152,014
- Columbia city 138,019
- North Charleston city 117,460
- Mount Pleasant town 92,662
- Rock Hill city 74,769
- Greenville city 71,755
- Summerville town 51,262
- Goose Creek city 46,964
- Sumter city 43,065
- Florence city 40,205
- Greer city 39,191
- Spartanburg city 38,578
Nearby counties
Other counties in South Carolina.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Oconee County?
- Oconee County has 79,566 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Oconee County?
- Median household income in Oconee County is $60,193 a year, 23.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oconee County?
- Median gross rent is $876 a month and the median home value is $217,200, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.
- Is Oconee County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oconee County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Oconee County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.