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Great Falls, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Great Falls is a Census town of 1,690 people across 4.24 square miles of land, in Chester County. Median household income is $30,458, 82.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $250,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Great Falls
What Great Falls is
- Census place typetown
- Land area4.24 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land399 plus or minus 80
- County holding the largest share of its areaChester 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 Great Falls
- Population1,690 plus or minus 339
- Median age41.3 plus or minus 15.2
- Population under 18426 plus or minus 143
- Share under 1825.2 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Population 65 and over415 plus or minus 135
- Share 65 and over24.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Households786
- Family households418 plus or minus 112
- Share of households that are families53.2 percent plus or minus 12.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Great Falls
- Median household income$30,458 plus or minus $13,215
- Per capita income$23,589 plus or minus $5,146
- Civilian labor force617 plus or minus 158
- Employed595 plus or minus 157
- Unemployed22 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over1,234
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.7 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Great Falls
- Housing units881
- Occupied units786
- Vacant units95 plus or minus 73
- Vacancy rate10.8 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Owner occupied645
- Renter occupied141 plus or minus 59
- Ownership rate82.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$60,400 plus or minus $17,559
- Median gross rent, monthly$867 plus or minus $176
- Annual rent as a share of median income34.2 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Single family units833
- Share single family94.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more21 plus or minus 25
- Share in buildings of two or more2.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Mobile homes27 plus or minus 40
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Great Falls gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute546 plus or minus 142
- Commuting under 15 minutes69 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.6 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more255 plus or minus 90
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.7 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Drove alone86.7 percent
- Carpooled5.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home8.2 percent plus or minus 7.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Great Falls (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$250,000
- Average approval$250,000
- Median approval$250,000
- Largest approval$250,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- 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
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Great Falls, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Great Falls
- NFIP communityTown of Great Falls
- NFIP community number450049
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/16/11
The Town of Great Falls participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 450049 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Chester County, not Great Falls
Chester County context, not Great Falls figures
- Establishments in Chester County560
- Covered employment, Chester County10,409
- Average annual pay, Chester County$58,462
- Housing units permitted, Chester County269
Every figure in this section is published for Chester County as a whole and is not a measurement of Great Falls.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Great Falls questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Great Falls, South Carolina?
1,690, in 786 households. Great Falls town covers 4.24 square miles of land, which is 399 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Great Falls in?
Chester 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 Great Falls?
$30,458. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $60,400. Median gross rent is $867 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Great Falls businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $250,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $250,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Great Falls, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Great Falls borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Great Falls. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Great Falls in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Great Falls appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Great Falls, town of, community 450049, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Great Falls figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chester 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 Great Falls.
Is zoning published for Great Falls?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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