South Carolina · Census place 4524370
Fairfax, South Carolina
Fairfax is a town in Allendale County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,389 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 137th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,389
- #137 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -6.6%
- -98 people
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Density
- 420 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Fairfax population, 2020 to 2024
Fairfax lost 98 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.6%. In the latest year it moved by -11.
Fairfax covers 3.31 square miles of land, for 420 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Fairfax is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fairfax is in
All of Fairfax's residents live in Allendale County, which had 7,551 residents in 2024. Fairfax holds 18.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fairfax
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fairfax by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29827. 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 Fairfax is
The Census internal point of Fairfax is at 32.959400, -81.236200. Columbia, the capital, is 72.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Allendale, SC (2,496 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA, 56.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.959400, -81.236200
- DMS
- 32°57'33.84"N 81°14'10.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 477925.1E 3646810.8N
- Geohash
- djy5x2jd7
- Plus code
- 864WXQ57+QG
Daylight in Fairfax
At 32.96° N, Fairfax gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fairfax
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Allendale, 5.4 miles away, with 2,496 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fairfax, SC?
1,389 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 98 (6.6%) from 1,487 in July 2020.
What county is Fairfax in?
Allendale County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fairfax?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29827.
How far is Fairfax from Columbia?
72.9 miles (117.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Fairfax.
What is the nearest larger city to Fairfax?
Allendale, SC, with 2,496 residents, 5.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.