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Williston town, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Williston town is a Census town of 2,870 people across 8.95 square miles of land, in Barnwell County. Median household income is $39,484, 54.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $15,000.
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Williston
What Williston is
- Census place typetown
- Land area8.95 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land321
- 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.
Williston
How many people live in Williston
- Population2,870
- Median age40.4 plus or minus 13.9
- Population under 18742 plus or minus 193
- Share under 1825.9 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Population 65 and over533 plus or minus 174
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Households1,227
- Family households648
- Share of households that are families52.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williston
Income and work in Williston
- Median household income$39,484
- Per capita income$26,005
- Civilian labor force1,456
- Employed1,361
- Unemployed95 plus or minus 82
- Unemployment rate6.5 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Adults 25 and over1,975
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.6 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.1 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williston
Housing in Williston
- Housing units1,416
- Occupied units1,227
- Vacant units189 plus or minus 98
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Owner occupied670 plus or minus 167
- Renter occupied557 plus or minus 169
- Ownership rate54.6 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$105,100 plus or minus $24,059
- Median gross rent, monthly$677
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Single family units744 plus or minus 153
- Share single family52.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more303 plus or minus 146
- Share in buildings of two or more21.4 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Mobile homes369 plus or minus 161
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williston
How Williston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,276
- Commuting under 15 minutes479 plus or minus 185
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.5 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more504 plus or minus 190
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.5 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Drove alone84.4 percent
- Carpooled2.6 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport9.8 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home1.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williston
SBA loans in Williston (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$15,000
- Average approval$15,000
- Median approval$15,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$15,000
- Largest approval$15,000
- Jobs supported0
- Jobs per approval0.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Barnwell County, not Williston
Barnwell County context, not Williston 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 Williston 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 Williston. 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
Williston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Williston, South Carolina?
2,870, in 1,227 households. Williston town covers 8.95 square miles of land, which is 321 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Williston 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 Williston?
$39,484. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $105,100. Median gross rent is $677 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Williston businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $15,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $15,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Williston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Williston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Williston. 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 Williston 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 Williston.
Is zoning published for Williston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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