South Carolina · Census place 4573555

Van Wyck, South Carolina

Van Wyck is a town in Lancaster County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,039 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 151st largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,039
#151 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+17.5%
+155 people
Land area
10.4 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
100 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Van Wyck. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Van Wyck population, 2020 to 2024

Van Wyck added 155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.5%. In the latest year it moved by +30.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 876. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Van Wyck covers 10.43 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 100 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Van Wyck is less dense than the typical town.

What county Van Wyck is in

All of Van Wyck's residents live in Lancaster County, which had 111,652 residents in 2024. Van Wyck holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Van Wyck

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Van Wyck by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29720. 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 Van Wyck is

The Census internal point of Van Wyck is at 34.855600, -80.829300. Columbia, the capital, is 60.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waxhaw, NC (23,178 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 24.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.855600, -80.829300
DMS
34°51'20.16"N 80°49'45.48"W
UTM
17N 515604.0E 3857043.1N
Geohash
dnnw29mbs
Plus code
866XV54C+67

Daylight in Van Wyck

At 34.86° N, Van Wyck gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Van Wyck

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Lancaster, 9.4 miles away, with 9,396 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Van Wyck, SC?

1,039 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 155 (17.5%) from 884 in July 2020.

What county is Van Wyck in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Van Wyck?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29720.

How far is Van Wyck from Columbia?

60.2 miles (96.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Van Wyck.

What is the nearest larger city to Van Wyck?

Waxhaw, NC, with 23,178 residents, 7.6 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.