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Barnwell city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Barnwell city is a Census city of 4,613 people across 7.84 square miles of land, in Barnwell County. Median household income is $52,006, 64.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.7 m.
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Barnwell
What Barnwell is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.84 sq mi
- Water area0.15 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land588
- County holding the largest share of its areaBarnwell 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.
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How many people live in Barnwell
- Population4,613
- Median age36.4
- Population under 181,124 plus or minus 255
- Share under 1824.4 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over739 plus or minus 198
- Share 65 and over16.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Households1,789
- Family households1,102
- Share of households that are families61.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Barnwell
- Median household income$52,006
- Per capita income$29,351
- Civilian labor force2,194
- Employed1,891
- Unemployed303 plus or minus 168
- Unemployment rate13.8 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Adults 25 and over2,957
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Barnwell
- Housing units2,289
- Occupied units1,789
- Vacant units500 plus or minus 152
- Vacancy rate21.8 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied1,152
- Renter occupied637 plus or minus 176
- Ownership rate64.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$145,300 plus or minus $36,399
- Median gross rent, monthly$678 plus or minus $245
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.6 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Single family units1,635
- Share single family71.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more355 plus or minus 153
- Share in buildings of two or more15.5 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Mobile homes299 plus or minus 143
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Barnwell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,775
- Commuting under 15 minutes844 plus or minus 286
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.5 percent plus or minus 14.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more629 plus or minus 214
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.4 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Drove alone81.2 percent
- Carpooled13.6 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home1.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Barnwell (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,735,000
- Average approval$578,333
- Median approval$448,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,205,000
- Largest approval$1,205,000
- Jobs supported11
- Jobs per approval3.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
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SBA loans in Barnwell (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$83,000
- Average approval$83,000
- Median approval$83,000
- Largest approval$83,000
- Jobs supported0
- 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.
Barnwell County, not Barnwell
Barnwell County context, not Barnwell figures
These are Barnwell County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Barnwell measurements.
- Establishments in Barnwell County353
- Employment at those establishments, Barnwell County3,904
- Covered employment, Barnwell County4,864
- Average annual pay, Barnwell County$43,379
- Average weekly wage, Barnwell County$834
- Housing units permitted, Barnwell County17
- Of those, single family, Barnwell County17
- County product, 2024, Barnwell County$700,844,000
- County product change over the prior year, Barnwell County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Barnwell County$41,099
Every figure in this section is published for Barnwell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Barnwell. 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
Barnwell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Barnwell, South Carolina?
4,613, in 1,789 households. Barnwell city covers 7.84 square miles of land, which is 588 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Barnwell in?
Barnwell 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 Barnwell?
$52,006. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $145,300. Median gross rent is $678 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Barnwell businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $1.7 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $448,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $83,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Barnwell, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Barnwell borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Barnwell. 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 Barnwell figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Barnwell 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 Barnwell.
Is zoning published for Barnwell?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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