Summerville, South Carolina

Summerville population, 2020 to 2024

Summerville added 1,668 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +807. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Summerville is 3.7 times that size.

Summerville covers 22.60 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 2,329 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Summerville is denser than the typical town.

The 3 counties Summerville spans

Summerville crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 52,625 residents as follows; Dorchester County holds 84.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Summerville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Summerville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29483, 29485. 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 Summerville is

The Census internal point of Summerville is at 33.005800, -80.179300. Columbia, the capital, is 84.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Charleston, SC (126,005 people), 9.0 miles away.

Daylight in Summerville

At 33.01° N, Summerville gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Summerville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Lincolnville, 1.4 miles away, with 1,212 people.