Walterboro, South Carolina

Walterboro population, 2020 to 2024

Walterboro lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -4. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 54th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Walterboro is 39% of it.

Walterboro covers 6.96 square miles of land, for 789 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Walterboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Walterboro is in

All of Walterboro's residents live in Colleton County, which had 39,259 residents in 2024. Walterboro holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Walterboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walterboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29488. 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 Walterboro is

The Census internal point of Walterboro is at 32.901300, -80.676200. Columbia, the capital, is 78.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hollywood, SC (5,503 people), 29.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is North Charleston, SC, 35.5 miles away.

Daylight in Walterboro

At 32.90° N, Walterboro gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Walterboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Yemassee, 18.4 miles away, with 1,127 people.