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Abbeville city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Abbeville city is a Census city of 4,872 people across 6.22 square miles of land, in Abbeville County. Median household income is $40,575, 51.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m.
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Abbeville
What Abbeville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.22 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land784
- County holding the largest share of its areaAbbeville County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Abbeville
How many people live in Abbeville
- Population4,872
- Median age37.1
- Population under 181,279 plus or minus 315
- Share under 1826.3 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over1,137 plus or minus 234
- Share 65 and over23.3 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households1,954
- Family households1,148
- Share of households that are families58.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Abbeville
Income and work in Abbeville
- Median household income$40,575
- Per capita income$24,694
- Civilian labor force1,816
- Employed1,680
- Unemployed136 plus or minus 92
- Unemployment rate7.5 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over3,394
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.4 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Abbeville
Housing in Abbeville
- Housing units2,243
- Occupied units1,954
- Vacant units289 plus or minus 137
- Vacancy rate12.9 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied1,006 plus or minus 217
- Renter occupied948 plus or minus 211
- Ownership rate51.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$106,400 plus or minus $30,882
- Median gross rent, monthly$587 plus or minus $357
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Single family units1,286
- Share single family57.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more627 plus or minus 256
- Share in buildings of two or more28.0 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Mobile homes330 plus or minus 127
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Abbeville
How Abbeville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,612
- Commuting under 15 minutes710 plus or minus 228
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.0 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more351 plus or minus 146
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.8 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Drove alone84.3 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Abbeville
SBA loans in Abbeville (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,529,700
- Average approval$254,950
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$750,000
- Largest approval$750,000
- Jobs supported33
- Jobs per approval5.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Abbeville
SBA loans in Abbeville (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$86,000
- Average approval$86,000
- Median approval$86,000
- Largest approval$86,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Abbeville County, not Abbeville
Abbeville County context, not Abbeville figures
These are Abbeville County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Abbeville measurements.
- Establishments in Abbeville County343
- Employment at those establishments, Abbeville County4,498
- Covered employment, Abbeville County5,772
- Average annual pay, Abbeville County$49,349
- Average weekly wage, Abbeville County$949
- Housing units permitted, Abbeville County145
- Of those, single family, Abbeville County145
- County product, 2024, Abbeville County$846,101,000
- County product change over the prior year, Abbeville County13.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Abbeville County$53,877
Every figure in this section is published for Abbeville County as a whole and is not a measurement of Abbeville. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Abbeville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Abbeville, South Carolina?
4,872, in 1,954 households. Abbeville city covers 6.22 square miles of land, which is 784 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Abbeville in?
Abbeville County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Abbeville?
$40,575. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $106,400. Median gross rent is $587 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Abbeville businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $1.5 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $86,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Abbeville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Abbeville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Abbeville. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Abbeville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Abbeville County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Abbeville.
Is zoning published for Abbeville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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