South Carolina · Census place 4522795

Edgefield, South Carolina

Edgefield is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina with an estimated 4,147 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 76th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,147; #76 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020: +6.1%; +237 people
Land area: 4.3 sq mi; + 0.12 sq mi water
Density: 958 / sq mi; State median 1,356

Orange pin: Edgefield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Measure from here

Tools and pages that start from Edgefield

Edgefield population, 2020 to 2024

Edgefield added 237 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.1%. In the latest year it moved by +74.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,909. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edgefield covers 4.33 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 958 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Edgefield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Edgefield is in

All of Edgefield's residents live in Edgefield County, which had 29,455 residents in 2024. Edgefield holds 14.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Edgefield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edgefield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29824. 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 Edgefield is

The Census internal point of Edgefield is at 33.785300, -81.928600. Columbia, the capital, is 53.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Augusta, SC (26,395 people), 18.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA, 30.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 33.785300, -81.928600
DMS: 33°47'7.08"N 81°55'42.96"W
UTM: 17N 414029.2E 3738738.3N
Geohash: dnj8pwmmt
Plus code: 865WQ3PC+4H

Daylight in Edgefield

At 33.79° N, Edgefield gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edgefield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Johnston, 7.8 miles away, with 2,214 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edgefield, SC?

4,147 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 237 (6.1%) from 3,910 in July 2020.

What county is Edgefield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Edgefield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29824.

How far is Edgefield from Columbia?

53.4 miles (85.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Edgefield.

What is the nearest larger city to Edgefield?

North Augusta, SC, with 26,395 residents, 18.1 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.

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