Town · Abbeville County, South Carolina

Calhoun Falls, South Carolina

Calhoun Falls is a town in Abbeville County, South Carolina, part of the Greenwood, SC metro area. It has 2,049 residents. Calhoun Falls, South Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 12 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,783 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within South Carolina it ranks #197 of 268 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), mammography screening (high) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on dentists (low), flu vaccinations (low) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

12Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,783 of 15,651 cities and towns
South Carolina: #197 of 268 in SC
Population: 2,049 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 604.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4510720

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety26#11,517/15,637
Economy14#13,476/15,631
Housing49#7,706/14,977
Health6#14,672/15,609
Healthcare27#11,473/15,650
Environment57#6,643/15,453
Education36#10,069/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,257/15,650
Community33#10,462/15,651
Leisure & amenities6#14,692/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Calhoun Falls, South Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Abbeville County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
93/100South Carolina 3.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Mammography screening · high54.0%
88/100South Carolina 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAbbeville County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low128 min
83/100South Carolina 163 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAbbeville County value
Public libraries · high1.2 /10k
81/100South Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAbbeville County value
Students per teacher · low12.4×
79/100South Carolina 13.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAbbeville County value
Comfortable days · high30.1%
78/100South Carolina 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAbbeville County value

Weaknesses

Dentists · low8 /100k
1/100South Carolina 60 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAbbeville County value
Flu vaccinations · low25.0%
3/100South Carolina 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAbbeville County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100South Carolina 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAbbeville County value
Median household income · low$38,715
5/100South Carolina $72,507United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.543
5/100South Carolina 0.475United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Food insecurity · high33.5%
6/100South Carolina 18.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,692 (2015-2019) → 2,049 (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
49.7% (2015-2019) → 12.6% (2020-2024)
−37 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
35.3% (2015-2019) → 16.6% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$23,919 (2015-2019) → $38,715 (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
18.5% (2015-2019) → 6.6% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.6% (2015-2019) → 74.0% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina improved on 3 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Poverty−19 points35.3% → 16.6%
Uninsured−12 points18.5% → 6.6%
Household income+62%$23,919 → $38,715

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	36.4 min2015-2019	26.1 min2020-2024	−10.3 min	Within the margin of error	99%
Broadband subscriptions	64.6%2015-2019	74.0%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.65%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	79.9%2015-2019	79.1%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5722015-2019	0.5432020-2024	−0.029	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$23,9192015-2019	$38,7152020-2024	+62%	Improved	91%
Poverty rate	35.3%2015-2019	16.6%2020-2024	−19 points	Improved	99%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.0%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.5%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	98%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Calhoun Falls, South Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina itself moved +4.6 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,049 residents (±415)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

905 households (±185)

Calhoun Falls, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $25k35%†313
$25k–50k26%†236
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

905 households (±185)

Calhoun Falls, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Own66%598
Rent34%†307

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

835 workers (±261)

Calhoun Falls, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Drive alone83%†692
Carpool8.9%†74
Public transit

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Greenwood, SC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Abbeville County, the county holding most of Calhoun Falls's residents.

Abbeville County has 343 employer establishments, 140 for every 10,000 residents (0.56× the US rate of 248; 0.61× South Carolina's), with 4,498 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,509. The Census Bureau also counts 1,801 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 343; 1,801 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 140; US 248 · South Carolina 228
Paid employees: 4,498
Average annual pay: $41,509; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Abbeville County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	32	13	0.84×About typical	119	$47,983	166
Restaurants and other eating places	29	11.8	0.64×Fewer than typical	269	$15,613	8
Religious organizations	27	11	1.98×More than typical	199	$12,648	—
Full-service restaurants	14	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	93	$18,667	3
Gasoline stations	14	5.7	1.76×More than typical	108	$24,167	—
Ambulatory health care services	13	5.3	0.25×Fewer than typical	69	$70,971	48
Limited-service restaurants	12	4.9	0.61×Fewer than typical	161	$14,429	3
Building equipment contractors	11	4.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	76	$50,947	32
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	4.5	0.66×Fewer than typical	44	$39,545	223
Construction of buildings	10	4.1	0.54×Fewer than typical	17	$43,765	89
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	9	3.7	1.16×Too few to compare	18	$42,111	40
General merchandise stores	9	3.7	2.07×Too few to compare	59	$20,186	9

Rank places for an industry Open Abbeville County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 24,582 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2017

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Calhoun Falls, South Carolina's figures are part of those of Abbeville County, SC ($29.1K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Calhoun Falls is mostly in Abbeville County.

See federal money in Abbeville County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Calhoun Falls, South Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sheri BiggsR-SC-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Abbeville County26100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Greenwood, SC24

Other cities and towns in Abbeville County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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