
Pickens County · South Carolina
ZIP code 29634
- Population
- 5,955
- Median income
- —
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 6%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
South Carolina state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 29634 sits in Pickens County, South Carolina and is home to 5,955 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is —. — of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (South Carolina state rate).
- County
- Pickens County
- State
- South Carolina (SC)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 45077
424 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 29634
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 5,955ZIP 29634 residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 19.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- —Owner-occupied households
ZIP 29634 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 29634 is a mid-size town in Pickens County, South Carolina, with 5,955 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #202 of 424 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 19.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in ZIP 29634 earn a median of not published a year. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches an unpublished share of residents here.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 29634 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The homeownership rate is not published. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
A median age of 19.3 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent, poverty rate for ZIP 29634 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Reading ZIP 29634 in context
How 29634 sits inside Pickens County and South Carolina.
ZIP 29634 is tabulated inside Pickens County, South Carolina, one of 9 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 424 across South Carolina. Population sits in the small-town band, typically one main street plus the addresses that feed into it. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 29634 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 29634 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
South Carolina charges 6% statewide, and local governments overlapping 29634 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 29634 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 29634
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
South Carolina levies 6% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 29634 compares
ZIP 29634 against the median ZIP in Pickens County and across South Carolina.
| Measure | ZIP 29634 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $63,013 | $57,227 | — |
| Median home value | — | $208,850 | $166,650 | — |
| Median gross rent | — | $935 | $930 | — |
| Population | 5,955 | 15,497 | 5,352 | +11% |
Medians are computed across the 9 ZIP areas in Pickens County and the 424 ZIP areas in South Carolina.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 424 South Carolina ZIP areas.
- Income
- —
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #202
Not published
Not published
larger than 52% of 424 state ZIPs
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Pickens County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Pickens County, South Carolina.
ZIP 29634 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 29634?
- ZIP 29634 lies mostly in Pickens County, South Carolina. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 29634?
- South Carolina charges 6% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
- Is 29634 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical South Carolina ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- South Carolina Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.