South Carolina · Census place 4555465

Pelzer, South Carolina

Pelzer is a town in Anderson County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,429 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 136th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,429; #136 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020: +6.2%; +83 people
Land area: 1.0 sq mi; + 0.06 sq mi water
Density: 1,401 / sq mi; State median 1,356

Orange pin: Pelzer. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Pelzer population, 2020 to 2024

Pelzer added 83 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.2%. In the latest year it moved by +18.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,343. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pelzer covers 1.02 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,401 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Pelzer is close to the typical town.

What county Pelzer is in

All of Pelzer's residents live in Anderson County, which had 217,183 residents in 2024. Pelzer 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 Pelzer

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pelzer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29669. 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 Pelzer is

The Census internal point of Pelzer is at 34.642900, -82.460500. Columbia, the capital, is 92.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Williamston, SC (4,285 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 70.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.642900, -82.460500
DMS: 34°38'34.44"N 82°27'37.80"W
UTM: 17N 366145.4E 3834413.1N
Geohash: dnjm5dd1e
Plus code: 866VJGVQ+5Q

Daylight in Pelzer

At 34.64° N, Pelzer gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pelzer

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is West Pelzer, 0.8 miles away, with 1,027 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pelzer, SC?

1,429 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 83 (6.2%) from 1,346 in July 2020.

What county is Pelzer in?

Anderson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Pelzer?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29669.

How far is Pelzer from Columbia?

92.6 miles (149.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Pelzer.

What is the nearest larger city to Pelzer?

Williamston, SC, with 4,285 residents, 2.0 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.