South Carolina · Census place 4574095

Walhalla, South Carolina

Walhalla is a city in Oconee County, South Carolina with an estimated 4,249 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 75th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,249
#75 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+4.2%
+170 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,092 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Walhalla. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Walhalla population, 2020 to 2024

Walhalla added 170 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +42.

4,07920204,10220214,14220224,20720234,2492024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,070. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Walhalla covers 3.89 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,092 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Walhalla is less dense than the typical town.

What county Walhalla is in

All of Walhalla's residents live in Oconee County, which had 82,475 residents in 2024. Walhalla holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Walhalla

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walhalla by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29691. 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 Walhalla is

The Census internal point of Walhalla is at 34.769500, -83.055400. Columbia, the capital, is 126.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seneca, SC (9,202 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 59.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.769500, -83.055400
DMS
34°46'10.20"N 83°03'19.44"W
UTM
17N 311902.7E 3849406.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Walhalla

At 34.77° N, Walhalla 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 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Walhalla

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Westminster, 7.4 miles away, with 2,439 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Walhalla, SC?

4,249 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 170 (4.2%) from 4,079 in July 2020.

What county is Walhalla in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Walhalla?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29691.

How far is Walhalla from Columbia?

126.8 miles (204.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Walhalla.

What is the nearest larger city to Walhalla?

Seneca, SC, with 9,202 residents, 8.0 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.