South Carolina · Census place 4553845
Pacolet, South Carolina
Pacolet is a town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina with an estimated 2,566 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 99th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,566
- #99 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +12.2%
- +278 people
- Land area
- 5.8 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 444 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Pacolet population, 2020 to 2024
Pacolet added 278 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.2%. In the latest year it moved by +74.
Pacolet covers 5.78 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 444 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Pacolet is less dense than the typical town.
What county Pacolet is in
All of Pacolet's residents live in Spartanburg County, which had 369,256 residents in 2024. Pacolet holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pacolet
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pacolet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29372, 29373. 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 Pacolet is
The Census internal point of Pacolet is at 34.905400, -81.763700. Columbia, the capital, is 75.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Spartanburg, SC (39,606 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 56.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.905400, -81.763700
- DMS
- 34°54'19.44"N 81°45'49.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 430230.3E 3862818.4N
- Geohash
- dnjye6m6x
- Plus code
- 866WW64P+5G
Daylight in Pacolet
At 34.91° N, Pacolet gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pacolet
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Cowpens, 8.1 miles away, with 2,230 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pacolet, SC?
2,566 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 278 (12.2%) from 2,288 in July 2020.
What county is Pacolet in?
Spartanburg County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pacolet?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 29372, 29373.
How far is Pacolet from Columbia?
75.0 miles (120.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Pacolet.
What is the nearest larger city to Pacolet?
Spartanburg, SC, with 39,606 residents, 9.6 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.