South Carolina · Census place 4535890

Irmo, South Carolina

Irmo is a town in 2 counties of South Carolina with an estimated 12,086 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,086
#40 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+595 people
Land area
6.8 sq mi
Density
1,770 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Irmo. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Columbia.

Irmo population, 2020 to 2024

Irmo added 595 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +156. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Irmo is 86% of it.

11.5k202011.7k202111.8k202211.9k202312.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,445. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Irmo covers 6.83 square miles of land, for 1,770 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Irmo is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Irmo spans

Irmo crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 12,086 residents as follows; Richland County holds 65.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Richland County7,891
  2. 02Lexington County4,195
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Irmo

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Irmo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29063, 29212. 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 Irmo is

The Census internal point of Irmo is at 34.102600, -81.195900. Columbia, the capital, is 11.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lexington, SC (25,354 people), 7.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 17.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.102600, -81.195900
DMS
34°06'9.36"N 81°11'45.24"W
UTM
17N 481930.8E 3773549.5N
Geohash
dnn6024yn
Plus code
866W4R33+2J

Daylight in Irmo

At 34.10° N, Irmo gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Irmo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Lexington, 7.7 miles away, with 25,354 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Irmo, SC?

12,086 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 595 (5.2%) from 11,491 in July 2020.

What county is Irmo in?

It spans 2 counties: Richland County (7,891 residents), Lexington County (4,195 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Irmo?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 29063, 29212.

How far is Irmo from Columbia?

11.6 miles (18.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Irmo.

What is the nearest larger city to Irmo?

Lexington, SC, with 25,354 residents, 7.7 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)

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