South Carolina · Census place 4521265

Duncan, South Carolina

Duncan is a town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina with an estimated 4,594 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 69th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,594
#69 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+12.9%
+524 people
Land area
6.6 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
694 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Duncan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Duncan population, 2020 to 2024

Duncan added 524 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.9%. In the latest year it moved by +139.

4,07020204,15420214,29720224,45520234,5942024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,049. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Duncan covers 6.62 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 694 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Duncan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Duncan is in

All of Duncan's residents live in Spartanburg County, which had 369,256 residents in 2024. Duncan holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Duncan

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Duncan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29334, 29651. 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 Duncan is

The Census internal point of Duncan is at 34.932400, -82.143700. Columbia, the capital, is 90.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lyman, SC (6,939 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 76.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.932400, -82.143700
DMS
34°55'56.64"N 82°08'37.32"W
UTM
17N 395547.3E 3866143.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
866VWVJ4+XG

Daylight in Duncan

At 34.93° N, Duncan gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Duncan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Lyman, 3.1 miles away, with 6,939 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Duncan, SC?

4,594 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 524 (12.9%) from 4,070 in July 2020.

What county is Duncan in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Duncan?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 29334, 29651.

How far is Duncan from Columbia?

90.2 miles (145.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Duncan.

What is the nearest larger city to Duncan?

Lyman, SC, with 6,939 residents, 3.2 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.