South Carolina · Census place 4512655

Cayce, South Carolina

Cayce is a city in 2 counties of South Carolina with an estimated 13,645 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,645
#36 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-111 people
Land area
16.9 sq mi
+ 0.86 sq mi water
Density
808 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Cayce. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Columbia.

Cayce population, 2020 to 2024

Cayce lost 111 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -40. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Cayce is 97% of it.

13.8k202013.8k202113.7k202213.7k202313.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,768. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cayce covers 16.88 square miles of land and 0.86 of water, for 808 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Cayce is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Cayce spans

Cayce crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 13,645 residents as follows; Lexington County holds 96.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Lexington County13,148
  2. 02Richland County497
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Cayce

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cayce by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29033, 29172, 29201, 29209. 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 Cayce is

The Census internal point of Cayce is at 33.950500, -81.039800. Columbia, the capital, is 3.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Columbia, SC (18,418 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 9.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.950500, -81.039800
DMS
33°57'1.80"N 81°02'23.28"W
UTM
17N 496322.4E 3756668.3N
Geohash
dnn35ukxg
Plus code
865WXX26+63

Daylight in Cayce

At 33.95° N, Cayce gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cayce

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Springdale, 4.2 miles away, with 2,756 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cayce, SC?

13,645 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 111 (0.8%) from 13,756 in July 2020.

What county is Cayce in?

It spans 2 counties: Lexington County (13,148 residents), Richland County (497 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Cayce?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 29033, 29172, 29201, 29209.

How far is Cayce from Columbia?

3.5 miles (5.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from Cayce.

What is the nearest larger city to Cayce?

West Columbia, SC, with 18,418 residents, 4.3 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.