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Aiken city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Aiken city is a Census city of 32,521 people across 21.75 square miles of land, in Aiken County. Median household income is $76,746, 68.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 52 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $44.1 m.
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Aiken
What Aiken is
- Census place typecity
- Land area21.75 sq mi
- Water area0.13 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,495
- County holding the largest share of its areaAiken 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.
Aiken
How many people live in Aiken
- Population32,521
- Median age46.6
- Population under 185,618
- Share under 1817.3 percent
- Population 65 and over9,475
- Share 65 and over29.1 percent
- Households13,275
- Family households7,669
- Share of households that are families57.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aiken
Income and work in Aiken
- Median household income$76,746
- Per capita income$45,554
- Civilian labor force14,630
- Employed13,843
- Unemployed787 plus or minus 246
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over23,631
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher47.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aiken
Housing in Aiken
- Housing units15,345
- Occupied units13,275
- Vacant units2,070
- Vacancy rate13.5 percent
- Owner occupied9,037
- Renter occupied4,238
- Ownership rate68.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$286,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,180
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.5 percent
- Single family units12,293
- Share single family80.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,003
- Share in buildings of two or more19.6 percent
- Mobile homes49 plus or minus 59
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aiken
How Aiken gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,061
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,164
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,451
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.9 percent
- Drove alone77.1 percent
- Carpooled7.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home12.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aiken
SBA loans in Aiken (7(a))
- Approvals52
- Gross approval$44,097,700
- Average approval$848,033
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,275,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported738
- Jobs per approval14.2
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises36.5 percent
- Distinct lenders25
- Distinct industries by NAICS38
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 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.
Aiken
SBA loans in Aiken (504)
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$12,142,000
- Average approval$639,053
- Median approval$501,000
- Largest approval$1,906,000
- Jobs supported201
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Aiken County, not Aiken
Aiken County context, not Aiken figures
These are Aiken County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Aiken measurements.
- Establishments in Aiken County3,067
- Employment at those establishments, Aiken County54,369
- Covered employment, Aiken County65,165
- Average annual pay, Aiken County$63,331
- Average weekly wage, Aiken County$1,218
- Housing units permitted, Aiken County2,500
- Of those, single family, Aiken County1,471
- County product, 2024, Aiken County$10,364,699,000
- County product change over the prior year, Aiken County5.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Aiken County$79,363
Every figure in this section is published for Aiken County as a whole and is not a measurement of Aiken. 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
Aiken questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Aiken, South Carolina?
32,521, in 13,275 households. Aiken city covers 21.75 square miles of land, which is 1,495 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Aiken in?
Aiken 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 Aiken?
$76,746. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $286,800. Median gross rent is $1,180 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Aiken businesses?
52 7(a) approvals totalling $44.1 m, across 25 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 19 504 approvals worth $12.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Aiken, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Aiken borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Aiken. only 7 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 Aiken figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Aiken 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 Aiken.
Is zoning published for Aiken?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.