Central Pacolet, South Carolina

Population

Growing. Up 16.6% since 2020.

246

people, the 225th-largest of South Carolina's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among South Carolina's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is up 59% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$755

a month. South Carolina's median is $1,180.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $1,146 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Spartanburg County.

• $990 Tract 235
• $2,136 Tract 234.05

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 91% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 57% less than South Carolina's.

$112,500

median home value in Central Pacolet.

• $112,500 Central Pacolet
• $259,000 South Carolina
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year