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Orangeburg city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Orangeburg city is a Census city of 13,253 people across 9.01 square miles of land, in Orangeburg County. Median household income is $38,635, 44.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 20 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $27.1 m.
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Orangeburg
What Orangeburg is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.01 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,471
- County holding the largest share of its areaOrangeburg 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.
Orangeburg
How many people live in Orangeburg
- Population13,253
- Median age36.4
- Population under 182,452
- Share under 1818.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,553
- Share 65 and over19.3 percent
- Households4,613
- Family households2,343
- Share of households that are families50.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Orangeburg
Income and work in Orangeburg
- Median household income$38,635
- Per capita income$19,990
- Civilian labor force5,539
- Employed4,886
- Unemployed653 plus or minus 234
- Unemployment rate11.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over7,798
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.3 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Orangeburg
- Housing units5,950
- Occupied units4,613
- Vacant units1,337
- Vacancy rate22.5 percent
- Owner occupied2,057
- Renter occupied2,556
- Ownership rate44.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$163,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$848
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.3 percent
- Single family units3,731
- Share single family62.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,054 plus or minus 414
- Share in buildings of two or more34.5 percent
- Mobile homes165 plus or minus 166
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Orangeburg gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,071
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,723 plus or minus 376
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,376 plus or minus 360
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.8 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Drove alone71.8 percent
- Carpooled15.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Public transport0.8 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home11.6 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Orangeburg
SBA loans in Orangeburg (7(a))
- Approvals20
- Gross approval$27,136,500
- Average approval$1,356,825
- Median approval$1,126,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,140,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported149
- Jobs per approval7.5
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full6
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more60.0 percent
- Share to franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
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.
Orangeburg
SBA loans in Orangeburg (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,516,000
- Average approval$703,200
- Median approval$552,000
- Largest approval$1,250,000
- Jobs supported56
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Orangeburg County, not Orangeburg
Orangeburg County context, not Orangeburg figures
These are Orangeburg County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Orangeburg measurements.
- Establishments in Orangeburg County1,630
- Employment at those establishments, Orangeburg County25,672
- Covered employment, Orangeburg County27,859
- Average annual pay, Orangeburg County$54,283
- Average weekly wage, Orangeburg County$1,044
- Housing units permitted, Orangeburg County101
- Of those, single family, Orangeburg County101
- County product, 2024, Orangeburg County$4,007,321,000
- County product change over the prior year, Orangeburg County10.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Orangeburg County$47,350
Every figure in this section is published for Orangeburg County as a whole and is not a measurement of Orangeburg. 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
Orangeburg questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Orangeburg, South Carolina?
13,253, in 4,613 households. Orangeburg city covers 9.01 square miles of land, which is 1,471 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Orangeburg in?
Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg?
$38,635. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $163,500. Median gross rent is $848 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Orangeburg businesses?
20 7(a) approvals totalling $27.1 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $1,126,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $3.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Orangeburg, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Orangeburg borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Orangeburg. 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 Orangeburg figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg.
Is zoning published for Orangeburg?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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