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Central town, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Central town is a Census town of 5,320 people across 3.25 square miles of land, in Pickens County. Median household income is $60,258, 26.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $480,000.
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Central
What Central is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.25 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,635
- County holding the largest share of its areaPickens 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.
Central
How many people live in Central
- Population5,320
- Median age24.0
- Population under 181,168 plus or minus 248
- Share under 1822.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over386 plus or minus 134
- Share 65 and over7.3 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Households1,942
- Family households884
- Share of households that are families45.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Central
- Median household income$60,258
- Per capita income$23,440
- Civilian labor force2,496
- Employed2,385
- Unemployed111 plus or minus 84
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over2,609
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher56.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.6 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Central
- Housing units2,266
- Occupied units1,942
- Vacant units324 plus or minus 182
- Vacancy rate14.3 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Owner occupied513 plus or minus 136
- Renter occupied1,429
- Ownership rate26.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$256,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$876
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent
- Single family units840 plus or minus 206
- Share single family37.1 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Units in buildings of two or more1,408 plus or minus 311
- Share in buildings of two or more62.1 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Mobile homes18 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Central gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,109
- Commuting under 15 minutes719 plus or minus 213
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.1 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more774 plus or minus 257
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.7 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Drove alone82.0 percent
- Carpooled5.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Worked from home6.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Central (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$480,000
- Average approval$480,000
- Median approval$480,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$480,000
- Largest approval$480,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Pickens County, not Central
Pickens County context, not Central figures
These are Pickens County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Central measurements.
- Establishments in Pickens County2,254
- Employment at those establishments, Pickens County28,852
- Covered employment, Pickens County39,859
- Average annual pay, Pickens County$53,824
- Average weekly wage, Pickens County$1,035
- Housing units permitted, Pickens County1,424
- Of those, single family, Pickens County1,125
- County product, 2024, Pickens County$6,019,152,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pickens County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pickens County$85,682
Every figure in this section is published for Pickens County as a whole and is not a measurement of Central. 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
Central questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Central, South Carolina?
5,320, in 1,942 households. Central town covers 3.25 square miles of land, which is 1,635 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Central in?
Pickens 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 Central?
$60,258. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $256,600. Median gross rent is $876 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Central businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $480,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $480,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Central, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Central borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Central. 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 Central figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pickens 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 Central.
Is zoning published for Central?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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