South Carolina · Census place 4577875

Williamston, South Carolina

Williamston is a town in Anderson County, South Carolina with an estimated 4,285 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 74th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,285
#74 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+5.6%
+229 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,119 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Williamston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Williamston population, 2020 to 2024

Williamston added 229 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.6%. In the latest year it moved by +52.

4,05620204,10920214,16020224,23320234,2852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,048. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Williamston covers 3.83 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,119 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Williamston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Williamston is in

All of Williamston's residents live in Anderson County, which had 217,183 residents in 2024. Williamston holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Williamston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williamston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29697. 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 Williamston is

The Census internal point of Williamston is at 34.619100, -82.480400. Columbia, the capital, is 92.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belton, SC (4,573 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 68.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.619100, -82.480400
DMS
34°37'8.76"N 82°28'49.44"W
UTM
17N 364282.6E 3831800.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
866VJG99+JR

Daylight in Williamston

At 34.62° N, Williamston 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 Williamston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is West Pelzer, 1.8 miles away, with 1,027 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Williamston, SC?

4,285 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 229 (5.6%) from 4,056 in July 2020.

What county is Williamston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Williamston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29697.

How far is Williamston from Columbia?

92.9 miles (149.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Williamston.

What is the nearest larger city to Williamston?

Belton, SC, with 4,573 residents, 6.6 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.