South Carolina · Census place 4505365

Belton, South Carolina

Belton is a city in Anderson County, South Carolina with an estimated 4,573 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 71st largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,573
#71 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+5.3%
+230 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
1,197 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Belton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Belton population, 2020 to 2024

Belton added 230 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.3%. In the latest year it moved by +53.

4,34320204,39420214,44620224,52020234,5732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,336. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Belton covers 3.82 square miles of land, for 1,197 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Belton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Belton is in

All of Belton's residents live in Anderson County, which had 217,183 residents in 2024. Belton holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Belton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Belton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29627. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Belton is

The Census internal point of Belton is at 34.523800, -82.492700. Columbia, the capital, is 90.7 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anderson, SC (30,937 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 63.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.523800, -82.492700
DMS
34°31'25.68"N 82°29'33.72"W
UTM
17N 362998.7E 3821247.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Belton

At 34.52° N, Belton gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Belton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Williamston, 6.6 miles away, with 4,285 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Belton, SC?

4,573 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 230 (5.3%) from 4,343 in July 2020.

What county is Belton in?

Anderson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Belton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29627.

How far is Belton from Columbia?

90.7 miles (146.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Belton.

What is the nearest larger city to Belton?

Anderson, SC, with 30,937 residents, 8.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.