Tega Cay, South Carolina

Tega Cay population, 2020 to 2024

Tega Cay added 1,414 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.0%. In the latest year it moved by +268. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Tega Cay is 1.0 times that size.

Tega Cay covers 4.57 square miles of land, for 3,128 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Tega Cay is denser than the typical town.

What county Tega Cay is in

All of Tega Cay's residents live in York County, which had 303,001 residents in 2024. Tega Cay holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tega Cay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tega Cay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29708. 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 Tega Cay is

The Census internal point of Tega Cay is at 35.039300, -81.010600. Columbia, the capital, is 71.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Mill, SC (36,244 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 15.5 miles away.

Daylight in Tega Cay

At 35.04° N, Tega Cay gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tega Cay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Fort Mill, 4.6 miles away, with 36,244 people.