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Anderson city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Anderson city is a Census city of 30,051 people across 16.01 square miles of land, in Anderson County. Median household income is $46,933, 51.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 71 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $47.6 m.
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Anderson
What Anderson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area16.01 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,877
- County holding the largest share of its areaAnderson 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.
Anderson
How many people live in Anderson
- Population30,051
- Median age32.7
- Population under 186,473
- Share under 1821.5 percent
- Population 65 and over5,142
- Share 65 and over17.1 percent
- Households12,584
- Family households6,852
- Share of households that are families54.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Anderson
Income and work in Anderson
- Median household income$46,933
- Per capita income$29,386
- Civilian labor force14,632
- Employed13,638
- Unemployed994 plus or minus 280
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over19,213
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Anderson
Housing in Anderson
- Housing units13,969
- Occupied units12,584
- Vacant units1,385
- Vacancy rate9.9 percent
- Owner occupied6,432
- Renter occupied6,152
- Ownership rate51.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$218,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$975
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.9 percent
- Single family units9,377
- Share single family67.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,329
- Share in buildings of two or more31.0 percent
- Mobile homes253 plus or minus 127
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Anderson
How Anderson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,573
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,203
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,465
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.6 percent
- Drove alone77.3 percent
- Carpooled11.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home5.8 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Anderson
SBA loans in Anderson (7(a))
- Approvals71
- Gross approval$47,635,000
- Average approval$670,915
- Median approval$300,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,680,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported800
- Jobs per approval11.3
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more19.7 percent
- Share to franchises22.5 percent
- Distinct lenders29
- Distinct industries by NAICS45
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Anderson
SBA loans in Anderson (504)
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$10,943,000
- Average approval$994,818
- Median approval$400,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported143
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Anderson County, not Anderson
Anderson County context, not Anderson figures
These are Anderson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Anderson measurements.
- Establishments in Anderson County4,160
- Employment at those establishments, Anderson County71,264
- Covered employment, Anderson County72,695
- Average annual pay, Anderson County$51,737
- Average weekly wage, Anderson County$995
- Housing units permitted, Anderson County1,255
- Of those, single family, Anderson County1,087
- County product, 2024, Anderson County$10,558,072,000
- County product change over the prior year, Anderson County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Anderson County$62,516
Every figure in this section is published for Anderson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Anderson. 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
Anderson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Anderson, South Carolina?
30,051, in 12,584 households. Anderson city covers 16.01 square miles of land, which is 1,877 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Anderson in?
Anderson 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 Anderson?
$46,933. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $218,200. Median gross rent is $975 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Anderson businesses?
71 7(a) approvals totalling $47.6 m, across 29 lenders, median approval $300,000, plus 11 504 approvals worth $10.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Anderson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Anderson borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Anderson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Anderson 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 Anderson.
Is zoning published for Anderson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.