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Seneca city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Seneca city is a Census city of 8,993 people across 8.37 square miles of land, in Oconee County. Median household income is $52,022, 51.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 43 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $28.0 m.
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Seneca
What Seneca is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.37 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,075
- County holding the largest share of its areaOconee 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.
Seneca
How many people live in Seneca
- Population8,993
- Median age39.6
- Population under 181,665 plus or minus 366
- Share under 1818.5 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over1,835
- Share 65 and over20.4 percent
- Households4,082
- Family households2,546
- Share of households that are families62.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seneca
Income and work in Seneca
- Median household income$52,022
- Per capita income$34,204
- Civilian labor force4,606
- Employed4,194
- Unemployed412 plus or minus 221
- Unemployment rate8.9 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over6,735
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.0 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seneca
Housing in Seneca
- Housing units4,648
- Occupied units4,082
- Vacant units566 plus or minus 218
- Vacancy rate12.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied2,098
- Renter occupied1,984 plus or minus 396
- Ownership rate51.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$240,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$807
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Single family units2,938
- Share single family63.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,569 plus or minus 406
- Share in buildings of two or more33.8 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Mobile homes141 plus or minus 82
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seneca
How Seneca gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,010
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,252 plus or minus 506
- Share commuting under 15 minutes56.2 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more512 plus or minus 171
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Drove alone79.3 percent
- Carpooled14.3 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home4.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seneca
SBA loans in Seneca (7(a))
- Approvals43
- Gross approval$28,028,500
- Average approval$651,826
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,956,700
- Largest approval$3,941,200
- Jobs supported301
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full11
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.6 percent
- Share to franchises14.0 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS28
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Seneca
SBA loans in Seneca (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,235,000
- Average approval$1,235,000
- Median approval$1,235,000
- Largest approval$1,235,000
- Jobs supported1
- 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.
Oconee County, not Seneca
Oconee County context, not Seneca figures
These are Oconee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Seneca measurements.
- Establishments in Oconee County1,761
- Employment at those establishments, Oconee County22,175
- Covered employment, Oconee County25,478
- Average annual pay, Oconee County$57,970
- Average weekly wage, Oconee County$1,115
- Housing units permitted, Oconee County648
- Of those, single family, Oconee County608
- County product, 2024, Oconee County$5,242,540,000
- County product change over the prior year, Oconee County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Oconee County$110,320
Every figure in this section is published for Oconee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Seneca. 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
Seneca questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Seneca, South Carolina?
8,993, in 4,082 households. Seneca city covers 8.37 square miles of land, which is 1,075 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Seneca in?
Oconee 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 Seneca?
$52,022. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $240,000. Median gross rent is $807 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Seneca businesses?
43 7(a) approvals totalling $28.0 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Seneca, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Seneca borrowers get paid back?
Of the 12 loans that have reached a final outcome, 11 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 8.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Seneca figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Oconee 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 Seneca.
Is zoning published for Seneca?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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