Central, South Carolina

Central population, 2020 to 2024

Central added 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -2. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 50th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Central is 38% of it.

Central covers 3.25 square miles of land, for 1,643 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Central is denser than the typical town.

What county Central is in

All of Central's residents live in Pickens County, which had 138,207 residents in 2024. Central holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Central

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Central by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29630. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Central is

The Census internal point of Central is at 34.723400, -82.774700. Columbia, the capital, is 111.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clemson, SC (18,610 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 63.3 miles away.

Daylight in Central

At 34.72° N, Central gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Central

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Clemson, 3.4 miles away, with 18,610 people.