South Carolina · Census place 4562755

St. Stephen, South Carolina

St. Stephen is a town in Berkeley County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,592 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 132nd largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,592
#132 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+21 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
594 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: St. Stephen. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

St. Stephen population, 2020 to 2024

St. Stephen added 21 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

1,57120201,56120211,56720221,58720231,5922024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,568. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. Stephen covers 2.68 square miles of land, for 594 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so St. Stephen is less dense than the typical town.

What county St. Stephen is in

All of St. Stephen's residents live in Berkeley County, which had 264,276 residents in 2024. St. Stephen holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Stephen

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. Stephen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29479. 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 St. Stephen is

The Census internal point of St. Stephen is at 33.402600, -79.925200. Columbia, the capital, is 76.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Moncks Corner, SC (18,359 people), 14.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is North Charleston, SC, 34.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.402600, -79.925200
DMS
33°24'9.36"N 79°55'30.72"W
UTM
17N 599947.2E 3696436.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
8752C33F+2W

Daylight in St. Stephen

At 33.40° N, St. Stephen gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Stephen

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Moncks Corner, 14.5 miles away, with 18,359 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. Stephen, SC?

1,592 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 21 (1.3%) from 1,571 in July 2020.

What county is St. Stephen in?

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

What ZIP codes cover St. Stephen?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29479.

How far is St. Stephen from Columbia?

76.0 miles (122.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from St. Stephen.

What is the nearest larger city to St. Stephen?

Moncks Corner, SC, with 18,359 residents, 14.5 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.