South Carolina · Census place 4530490
Great Falls, South Carolina
Great Falls is a town in Chester County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,926 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 120th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,926
- #120 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -22 people
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 454 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Great Falls population, 2020 to 2024
Great Falls lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Great Falls covers 4.24 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 454 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Great Falls is less dense than the typical town.
What county Great Falls is in
All of Great Falls's residents live in Chester County, which had 32,323 residents in 2024. Great Falls holds 6.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Great Falls
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Great Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29055. 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 Great Falls is
The Census internal point of Great Falls is at 34.572100, -80.905300. Columbia, the capital, is 40.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lancaster, SC (9,396 people), 12.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 36.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.572100, -80.905300
- DMS
- 34°34'19.56"N 80°54'19.08"W
- UTM
- 17N 508686.3E 3825596.3N
- Geohash
- dnnkwvwt1
- Plus code
- 866XH3CV+RV
Daylight in Great Falls
At 34.57° N, Great Falls gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Great Falls
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Lancaster, 12.5 miles away, with 9,396 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Great Falls, SC?
1,926 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 22 (1.1%) from 1,948 in July 2020.
What county is Great Falls in?
Chester County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Great Falls?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29055.
How far is Great Falls from Columbia?
40.1 miles (64.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Great Falls.
What is the nearest larger city to Great Falls?
Lancaster, SC, with 9,396 residents, 12.5 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.