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St. Matthews town, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
St. Matthews town is a Census town of 1,645 people across 1.92 square miles of land, in Calhoun County. Median household income is $51,310, 67.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $622,500.
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St. Matthews
What St. Matthews is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.92 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land856 plus or minus 246
- County holding the largest share of its areaCalhoun 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.
St. Matthews
How many people live in St. Matthews
- Population1,645 plus or minus 472
- Median age54.3
- Population under 18185 plus or minus 106
- Share under 1811.2 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over498 plus or minus 133
- Share 65 and over30.3 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Households808 plus or minus 218
- Family households477 plus or minus 160
- Share of households that are families59.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
St. Matthews
Income and work in St. Matthews
- Median household income$51,310 plus or minus $21,059
- Per capita income$33,337 plus or minus $7,260
- Civilian labor force863 plus or minus 311
- Employed793 plus or minus 268
- Unemployed70 plus or minus 86
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Adults 25 and over1,409 plus or minus 362
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.1 percent plus or minus 31.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.4 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.1 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
St. Matthews
Housing in St. Matthews
- Housing units946 plus or minus 237
- Occupied units808 plus or minus 218
- Vacant units138 plus or minus 71
- Vacancy rate14.6 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied542 plus or minus 144
- Renter occupied266 plus or minus 149
- Ownership rate67.1 percent plus or minus 25.4
- Median owner-occupied home value$204,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$970 plus or minus $239
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.7 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Single family units787 plus or minus 201
- Share single family83.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more159 plus or minus 117
- Share in buildings of two or more16.8 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
St. Matthews
How St. Matthews gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute679 plus or minus 251
- Commuting under 15 minutes324 plus or minus 118
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.7 percent plus or minus 24.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more151 plus or minus 105
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.2 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Drove alone64.8 percent plus or minus 17.4
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked13.3 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Worked from home13.1 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
St. Matthews
SBA 7(a) lending to St. Matthews borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$622,500
- Average approval$311,250
- Median approval$607,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$607,500
- Largest approval$607,500
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval1.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Calhoun County, not St. Matthews
Calhoun County context, not St. Matthews figures
These are Calhoun County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as St. Matthews measurements.
- Establishments in Calhoun County242
- Employment at those establishments, Calhoun County3,901
- Covered employment, Calhoun County4,558
- Average annual pay, Calhoun County$60,842
- Average weekly wage, Calhoun County$1,170
- Housing units permitted, Calhoun County48
- Of those, single family, Calhoun County48
- County product, 2024, Calhoun County$910,882,000
- County product change over the prior year, Calhoun County15.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Calhoun County$61,574
Every figure in this section is published for Calhoun County as a whole and is not a measurement of St. Matthews. 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
St. Matthews questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in St. Matthews, South Carolina?
1,645, in 808 households. St. Matthews town covers 1.92 square miles of land, which is 856 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is St. Matthews in?
Calhoun 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 St. Matthews?
$51,310. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $204,200. Median gross rent is $970 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to St. Matthews businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $622,500, across 2 lenders, median approval $607,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in St. Matthews, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to St. Matthews borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for St. Matthews. 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 St. Matthews figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Calhoun 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 St. Matthews.
Is zoning published for St. Matthews?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.