South Carolina · Census place 4558705

Prosperity, South Carolina

Prosperity is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,244 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 142nd largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,244
#142 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+4.8%
+57 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
625 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Prosperity. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Prosperity population, 2020 to 2024

Prosperity added 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.8%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,186. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Prosperity covers 1.99 square miles of land, for 625 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Prosperity is less dense than the typical town.

What county Prosperity is in

All of Prosperity's residents live in Newberry County, which had 39,203 residents in 2024. Prosperity holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Prosperity

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prosperity by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29127. 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 Prosperity is

The Census internal point of Prosperity is at 34.213400, -81.528400. Columbia, the capital, is 31.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newberry, SC (10,874 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 37.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.213400, -81.528400
DMS
34°12'48.24"N 81°31'42.24"W
UTM
17N 451325.5E 3785944.0N
Geohash
dnn48u2gd
Plus code
866W6F7C+9J

Daylight in Prosperity

At 34.21° N, Prosperity gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Prosperity

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Newberry, 6.2 miles away, with 10,874 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Prosperity, SC?

1,244 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 57 (4.8%) from 1,187 in July 2020.

What county is Prosperity in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Prosperity?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29127.

How far is Prosperity from Columbia?

31.8 miles (51.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Prosperity.

What is the nearest larger city to Prosperity?

Newberry, SC, with 10,874 residents, 6.2 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)

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