South Carolina · Census place 4574680

Ware Shoals, South Carolina

Ware Shoals is a town in Greenwood County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,716 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 127th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,716; #127 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020: +0.7%; +12 people
Land area: 3.3 sq mi; + 0.09 sq mi water
Density: 523 / sq mi; State median 1,356

Orange pin: Ware Shoals. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Ware Shoals population, 2020 to 2024

Ware Shoals added 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,702. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ware Shoals covers 3.28 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 523 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Ware Shoals is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ware Shoals is in

All of Ware Shoals's residents live in Greenwood County, which had 70,041 residents in 2024. Ware Shoals holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ware Shoals

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ware Shoals by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29692. 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 Ware Shoals is

The Census internal point of Ware Shoals is at 34.387800, -82.243300. Columbia, the capital, is 74.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Honea Path, SC (3,885 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 71.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.387800, -82.243300
DMS: 34°23'16.08"N 82°14'35.88"W
UTM: 17N 385705.1E 3805856.3N
Geohash: dnje8s072
Plus code: 866V9QQ4+4M

Daylight in Ware Shoals

At 34.39° N, Ware Shoals gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ware Shoals

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Due West, 9.1 miles away, with 1,292 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ware Shoals, SC?

1,716 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 12 (0.7%) from 1,704 in July 2020.

What county is Ware Shoals in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ware Shoals?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29692.

How far is Ware Shoals from Columbia?

74.0 miles (119.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Ware Shoals.

What is the nearest larger city to Ware Shoals?

Honea Path, SC, with 3,885 residents, 9.6 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.