South Carolina · Census place 4536205
Jackson, South Carolina
Jackson is a town in Aiken County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,635 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,635
- #130 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +7.1%
- +108 people
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Density
- 464 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Jackson population, 2020 to 2024
Jackson added 108 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.1%. In the latest year it moved by +28.
Jackson covers 3.52 square miles of land, for 464 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Jackson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Jackson is in
All of Jackson's residents live in Aiken County, which had 179,245 residents in 2024. Jackson holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Jackson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jackson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29831. 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 Jackson is
The Census internal point of Jackson is at 33.328600, -81.792000. Columbia, the capital, is 63.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Ellenton, SC (2,354 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA, 16.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.328600, -81.792000
- DMS
- 33°19'42.96"N 81°47'31.20"W
- UTM
- 17N 426289.2E 3687996.5N
- Geohash
- djvvdg2ch
- Plus code
- 865W86H5+C5
Daylight in Jackson
At 33.33° N, Jackson gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Jackson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is New Ellenton, 8.9 miles away, with 2,354 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Jackson, SC?
1,635 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 108 (7.1%) from 1,527 in July 2020.
What county is Jackson in?
Aiken County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Jackson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29831.
How far is Jackson from Columbia?
63.7 miles (102.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Jackson.
What is the nearest larger city to Jackson?
New Ellenton, SC, with 2,354 residents, 8.9 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.