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Swansea town, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Swansea town is a Census town of 744 people across 2.09 square miles of land, in Lexington County. Median household income is $58,250, 61.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.2 m.
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Swansea
What Swansea is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.09 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land357 plus or minus 109
- County holding the largest share of its areaLexington 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.
Swansea
How many people live in Swansea
- Population744 plus or minus 227
- Median age41.2 plus or minus 8.8
- Population under 18233 plus or minus 77
- Share under 1831.3 percent
- Population 65 and over119 plus or minus 46
- Share 65 and over16.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households283 plus or minus 78
- Family households214 plus or minus 66
- Share of households that are families75.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Swansea
Income and work in Swansea
- Median household income$58,250 plus or minus $29,017
- Per capita income$26,176 plus or minus $5,731
- Civilian labor force308 plus or minus 102
- Employed274 plus or minus 101
- Unemployed34 plus or minus 31
- Unemployment rate11.0 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Adults 25 and over493 plus or minus 136
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.4 percent plus or minus 32.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.0 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Swansea
- Housing units384 plus or minus 92
- Occupied units283 plus or minus 78
- Vacant units101 plus or minus 50
- Vacancy rate26.3 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Owner occupied175 plus or minus 59
- Renter occupied108 plus or minus 54
- Ownership rate61.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$129,200 plus or minus $56,664
- Median gross rent, monthly$857 plus or minus $208
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.7 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Single family units275 plus or minus 74
- Share single family71.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more69 plus or minus 39
- Share in buildings of two or more18.0 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Mobile homes40 plus or minus 27
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Swansea gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute233 plus or minus 87
- Commuting under 15 minutes42 plus or minus 32
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.0 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more158 plus or minus 64
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more67.8 percent
- Drove alone84.1 percent
- Carpooled1.1 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home14.0 percent plus or minus 10.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Swansea
SBA loans in Swansea (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$5,209,000
- Average approval$1,736,333
- Median approval$2,184,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,000,000
- Largest approval$3,000,000
- Jobs supported86
- Jobs per approval28.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Lexington County, not Swansea
Lexington County context, not Swansea figures
These are Lexington County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Swansea measurements.
- Establishments in Lexington County7,391
- Employment at those establishments, Lexington County117,298
- Covered employment, Lexington County132,596
- Average annual pay, Lexington County$56,005
- Average weekly wage, Lexington County$1,077
- Housing units permitted, Lexington County1,758
- Of those, single family, Lexington County1,756
- County product, 2024, Lexington County$19,752,180,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lexington County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lexington County$65,254
Every figure in this section is published for Lexington County as a whole and is not a measurement of Swansea. 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
Swansea questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Swansea, South Carolina?
744, in 283 households. Swansea town covers 2.09 square miles of land, which is 357 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Swansea in?
Lexington 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 Swansea?
$58,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $129,200. Median gross rent is $857 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Swansea businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $5.2 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $2,184,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Swansea, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Swansea borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Swansea. only 1 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 Swansea figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lexington 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 Swansea.
Is zoning published for Swansea?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.