South Carolina · Census place 4576165

Westminster, South Carolina

Westminster is a city in Oconee County, South Carolina with an estimated 2,439 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 103rd largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,439
#103 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+3.6%
+85 people
Land area
3.5 sq mi
Density
707 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Westminster. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Westminster population, 2020 to 2024

Westminster added 85 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +21.

2,35420202,36320212,38320222,41820232,4392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,350. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Westminster covers 3.45 square miles of land, for 707 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Westminster is less dense than the typical town.

What county Westminster is in

All of Westminster's residents live in Oconee County, which had 82,475 residents in 2024. Westminster holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Westminster

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Westminster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29693. 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 Westminster is

The Census internal point of Westminster is at 34.666600, -83.090700. Columbia, the capital, is 126.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seneca, SC (9,202 people), 7.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 52.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.666600, -83.090700
DMS
34°39'59.76"N 83°05'26.52"W
UTM
17N 308434.5E 3838059.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
866RMW85+JP

Daylight in Westminster

At 34.67° N, Westminster gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Westminster

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Seneca, 7.2 miles away, with 9,202 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Westminster, SC?

2,439 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 85 (3.6%) from 2,354 in July 2020.

What county is Westminster in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Westminster?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29693.

How far is Westminster from Columbia?

126.0 miles (202.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Westminster.

What is the nearest larger city to Westminster?

Seneca, SC, with 9,202 residents, 7.2 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.