South Carolina · Census place 4566580

Simpsonville, South Carolina

Simpsonville is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina with an estimated 28,078 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
28,078
#21 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+18.9%
+4,473 people
Land area
9.7 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,892 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Simpsonville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Simpsonville population, 2020 to 2024

Simpsonville added 4,473 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.9%. In the latest year it moved by +473. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Simpsonville is 2.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 23,385. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Simpsonville covers 9.71 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,892 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Simpsonville is denser than the typical town.

What county Simpsonville is in

All of Simpsonville's residents live in Greenville County, which had 570,745 residents in 2024. Simpsonville holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Simpsonville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Simpsonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29680, 29681. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Simpsonville is

The Census internal point of Simpsonville is at 34.728500, -82.256400. Columbia, the capital, is 85.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mauldin, SC (29,746 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 83.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.728500, -82.256400
DMS
34°43'42.60"N 82°15'23.04"W
UTM
17N 384970.8E 3843654.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Simpsonville

At 34.73° N, Simpsonville 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 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Simpsonville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Fountain Inn, 3.8 miles away, with 13,786 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Simpsonville, SC?

28,078 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,473 (18.9%) from 23,605 in July 2020.

What county is Simpsonville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Simpsonville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 29680, 29681.

How far is Simpsonville from Columbia?

85.9 miles (138.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Simpsonville.

What is the nearest larger city to Simpsonville?

Mauldin, SC, with 29,746 residents, 4.5 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.