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Laurens city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Laurens city is a Census city of 9,336 people across 10.21 square miles of land, in Laurens County. Median household income is $49,246, 46.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 21 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.2 m.
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Laurens
What Laurens is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.21 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land914
- County holding the largest share of its areaLaurens 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.
Laurens
How many people live in Laurens
- Population9,336
- Median age42.1
- Population under 182,213
- Share under 1823.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,351
- Share 65 and over25.2 percent
- Households3,925
- Family households2,355
- Share of households that are families60.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurens
Income and work in Laurens
- Median household income$49,246 plus or minus $13,089
- Per capita income$28,457
- Civilian labor force3,917
- Employed3,842
- Unemployed75 plus or minus 71
- Unemployment rate1.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over6,740
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurens
Housing in Laurens
- Housing units4,276
- Occupied units3,925
- Vacant units351 plus or minus 177
- Vacancy rate8.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied1,823
- Renter occupied2,102
- Ownership rate46.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$180,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$833
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.3 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Single family units3,069
- Share single family71.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,088 plus or minus 307
- Share in buildings of two or more25.4 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes109 plus or minus 92
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurens
How Laurens gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,497
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,450 plus or minus 390
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.5 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more975 plus or minus 325
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.9 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Drove alone77.9 percent
- Carpooled16.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurens
SBA loans in Laurens (7(a))
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$8,185,400
- Average approval$389,781
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$989,900
- Largest approval$2,532,500
- Jobs supported176
- Jobs per approval8.4
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full5
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more19.0 percent
- Share to franchises19.0 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 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.
Laurens
SBA loans in Laurens (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$5,500,000
- Average approval$5,500,000
- Median approval$5,500,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported31
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Laurens County, not Laurens
Laurens County context, not Laurens figures
These are Laurens County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Laurens measurements.
- Establishments in Laurens County985
- Employment at those establishments, Laurens County17,683
- Covered employment, Laurens County20,195
- Average annual pay, Laurens County$51,561
- Average weekly wage, Laurens County$992
- Housing units permitted, Laurens County621
- Of those, single family, Laurens County621
- County product, 2024, Laurens County$2,913,878,000
- County product change over the prior year, Laurens County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Laurens County$48,704
Every figure in this section is published for Laurens County as a whole and is not a measurement of Laurens. 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
Laurens questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Laurens, South Carolina?
9,336, in 3,925 households. Laurens city covers 10.21 square miles of land, which is 914 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Laurens in?
Laurens 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 Laurens?
$49,246. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $180,700. Median gross rent is $833 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Laurens businesses?
21 7(a) approvals totalling $8.2 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $5.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Laurens, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Laurens borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Laurens. only 7 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 Laurens figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Laurens 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 Laurens.
Is zoning published for Laurens?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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