County · South Carolina

Colleton County, South Carolina

Colleton County, South Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #3,004 of 3,143 US counties. Within South Carolina it ranks #42 of 46 counties. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), new business applications (high) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on reading scores (low), math scores (low) and injury deaths (high).

4Very low

Quality-of-life score: #3,004 of 3,143 counties
South Carolina: #42 of 46 in SC
Population: 39,382 (2025)
Land area: 1,057 mi²
Density: 37.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 45029

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety1#3,073/3,096
Economy8#2,880/3,143
Housing15#2,657/3,140
Health15#2,675/3,144
Healthcare34#2,082/3,143
Environment21#2,457/3,108
Education6#2,949/3,144
Infrastructure20#2,506/3,144
Community31#2,157/3,144
Leisure & amenities33#2,100/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Colleton County, South Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high33.4%
97/100South Carolina 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
New business applications · high17.3 /1k
89/100South Carolina 16.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Public EV charging ports · high7.4 /10k
79/100South Carolina 3.9 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Distance to an airport · low36 mi
78/100South Carolina 24 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an Amtrak station · low21 mi
77/100South Carolina 18 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Effective property tax rate · low0.54%
75/100South Carolina 0.49%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Reading scores · low2.32
2/100South Carolina 2.93United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Math scores · low2.25
2/100South Carolina 2.92United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Injury deaths · high167 /100k
2/100South Carolina 111 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Violent crime rate · high714 /100k
3/100South Carolina 388 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Average commute time · high34.9 min
3/100South Carolina 25.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Premature death · high17,174 /100k
3/100South Carolina 10,517 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 83% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+82 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.5 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
42.7% (2015-2019) → 55.1% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
36.4 /100k (2021) → 15.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−57%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Firearm deathsWorsening
26.5 /100k (2019) → 41.2 /100k (2024)
+55%5 yearsUS 12.1 /100k → 13.3 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
37.7% (2010 & 2021) → 48.4% (2022 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, Colleton County, South Carolina improved on 8 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Household income+36%$40,808 → $55,301
Students / teacher−2.1×15.2× → 13.1×
Weekly wage+29%$729 → $944
Property crime−41%3,093 /100k → 1,837 /100k
Bachelor's++2.9 points14.6% → 17.4%

Declined4

Rent burden+12 points42.7% → 55.1%
Rent / income+4.7 points27.7% → 32.4%
Violent crime+18%606 /100k → 714 /100k
Price / income+0.7×2.5× → 3.2×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Colleton County, South Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.6 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	−2.1%	Within the margin of error	31%
Average commute time	32.1 min2015-2019	34.9 min2020-2024	+2.8 min	Within the margin of error	15%
Average weekly wage	$7292020	$9442025	+29%	Improved	82%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Improved	52%
Broadband subscriptions	76.1%2015-2019	84.8%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Improved	38%
Child poverty rate	33.4%2019	29.2%2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Distance to an airport	36 mi2020	36 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	25.9 /100k2020	15.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−40%	Within the margin of error	64%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.54%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Grocery stores	2.3 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	25%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	86.6%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	22%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,2112019	$56,9852024	+32%	Improved	52%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.4652020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$40,8082019	$55,3012024	+36%	Improved	90%
New business applications	16.7 /1k2020	17.3 /1k2025	+3.8%	Little change	10%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−2.1%	Within the margin of error	59%
Poverty rate	21.0%2019	21.0%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Property crime rate	3,093 /100k2020	1,837 /100k2025	−41%	Improved	59%
Public libraries	1.1 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	−4.4%	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent as share of income	27.7%2015-2019	32.4%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Declined	10%
Rent-burdened households	42.7%2015-2019	55.1%2020-2024	+12 points	Declined	7%
Restaurants and bars	6.7 /10k2020	7.6 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	77%
Students per teacher	15.2×2019	13.1×2024	−2.1×	Improved	89%
Suicide rate	15.6 /100k2020	14.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.1%	Within the margin of error	68%
Traffic deaths	53.7 /100k2015-2019	58.7 /100k2020-2024	+9.3%	Within the margin of error	43%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2020	5.2%2025	−1.1 points	Improved	15%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.4%2019	14.2%2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Violent crime rate	606 /100k2020	714 /100k2025	+18%	Declined	20%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Colleton County, South Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Colleton County, 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, Colleton County, South Carolina itself moved −5 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

38,783 residents

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

16,408 households (±399)

Colleton County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $25k25%4,030
$25k–50k24%3,903
$50k–75k18%2,962

Homes

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

Owners and renters

16,408 households (±399)

Colleton County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Own73%12,026
Rent27%4,382

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

15,232 workers (±707)

Colleton County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Drive alone79%12,013
Carpool12%1,769
Public transit0.2%†24

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.

Colleton County has 793 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.89× South Carolina's), with 7,333 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,580. The Census Bureau also counts 3,630 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 793; 3,630 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248 · South Carolina 228
Paid employees: 7,333
Average annual pay: $46,580; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	62	15.8	1.02×About typical	388	$57,216	392
Ambulatory health care services	61	15.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	355	$75,293	146
Restaurants and other eating places	61	15.6	0.85×About typical	1,126	$20,806	22
Religious organizations	35	8.9	1.61×More than typical	133	$16,241	—
Gasoline stations	33	8.4	2.60×More than typical	270	$27,011	—
Limited-service restaurants	32	8.2	1.02×About typical	563	$18,249	6
Lessors of real estate	31	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	84	$48,286	269
Offices of physicians	31	7.9	1.22×About typical	189	$92,635	8
Full-service restaurants	23	5.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	492	$23,441	10
Other specialty trade contractors	23	5.9	2.34×More than typical	239	$64,527	112
Services to buildings and dwellings	22	5.6	0.83×About typical	113	$42,372	441
Legal services	19	4.9	0.90×About typical	48	$49,667	15

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 39,129 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $393.3K on contracts performed in Colleton County, South Carolina: $9.99 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $393.3K; −86% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9.99; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of the Navy$378.3K96%
Forest Service$15K3.8%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

141.6KFY2017
886.3KFY2018
481.4KFY2019
610.7KFY2020
2.2MFY2021
7MFY2022
4.8MFY2023
5.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$373.7K95%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$15K3.8%
Business schools and computer and management training · 6114$4,6121.2%

Largest awards

PER DIEM, TESTING AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NHP IN THE DMID NHP COLONY IAW CONTRACT SOW$1M
ALPHA GENESIS INC· Colleton County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 18, 2024 – Sep 1, 2026· 75N98024F00014
FY26 CAMP LEJEUNE CY25 EPCRA, AEI, AIR COMPLIANCE SUPPORT AND LGM$373.7K
MULTI-MAC JOINT VENTURE· Colleton County, SC· Construction & real property· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· N4008526F0602
SERVICES FOR REGIONAL GUIDANCE AND ADAPTIVE STRATEGY CONTRACT$65K
HAYDEN LAWRENCE· Colleton County, SC· Facilities & utilities· Jun 4, 2024 – Jul 15, 2026· 12444024F0073
FALL PROTECTION SAFETY AND RESCUE COURSE

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $293.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Colleton County, South Carolina: $7,458 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $293.7M; −3.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,458; US $12,955
Loan face value: $16.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$170.7M58%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$38M13%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$31.5M11%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$18.8M6.4%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$12.6M4.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$12.2M4.2%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$2.7M0.9%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$2M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$12.2M4.1%
COLUMBIA, SC
SC DRUID HILLS, LLC$925.6K0.3%
WALTERBORO, SC
GREEN POND LP$629.7K0.2%
WALTERBORO, SC
DRUID HILLS II$477.6K0.2%
WALTERBORO, SC
WALTERBORO-COLLETON COUNTY AIRPORT COMMISSION$295.5K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$233.3M79%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$42.9M15%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$12.2M4.1%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$2M0.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rural Housing Service

Assistance by fiscal year

254.4MFY2021
257.9MFY2022
274.7MFY2023
274.9MFY2024
304.5MFY2025
293.7MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Colleton County, South Carolina compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Colleton County, South Carolina
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colleton County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
FY2017	$3.77	$1,436
FY2018	$23.49	$1,552
FY2019	$12.77	$1,654
FY2020	$15.85	$1,880
FY2021	$57.16	$1,810
FY2022	$180	$1,917
FY2023	$123	$2,079
FY2024	$144	$2,047
FY2025	$70.06	$2,165
FY2026	$9.99 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colleton County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colleton County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	$359	$5,748
FY2022	$465	$5,221
FY2023	$583	$5,364
FY2024	$311	$5,501
FY2025	$377	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colleton County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	$152	$298
FY2022	$62.74	$357
FY2023	$24.05	$301
FY2024	-$20.62	$319
FY2025	$181	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colleton County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	$63.37	$239
FY2022	$58.42	$185
FY2023	$71.32	$229
FY2024	$71.24	$229
FY2025	$79.10	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colleton County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	$131	$2,304
FY2022	$124	$2,197
FY2023	$146	$2,274
FY2024	$133	$2,267
FY2025	$123	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colleton County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	$858	$1,186
FY2022	$176	$465
FY2023	$42.81	$76.52
FY2024	$152	$120
FY2025	$149	$148
FY2026	$115

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Colleton County, South Carolina
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Colleton County, South Carolina and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	4.8%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/45029

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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.

Colleton County, South Carolina is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Cities and towns in Colleton County

Places whose residents live mostly in Colleton County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/45029

Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	−3.0%	−4.2%
2015	−2.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+3.3%
2018	+8.2%	+6.8%
2019	+12.7%	+10.5%
2020	+20.1%	+19.4%
2021	+26.9%	+26.1%
2022	+38.6%	+30.6%
2023	+46.1%	+35.0%
2024	+52.6%	+41.0%
2025	+55.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	−6.8%	−5.5%
2015	−3.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+4.1%
2018	+7.0%	+8.9%
2019	+12.1%	+13.5%
2020	+20.3%	+20.8%
2021	+32.0%	+32.1%
2022	+35.7%	+35.4%
2023	+42.0%	+42.9%
2024	+52.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	1.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	−0.6%	−6.9%
2015	−5.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.1%	+4.7%
2018	+9.3%	+7.5%
2019	+14.1%	+14.0%
2020	+24.2%	+16.9%
2021	+30.4%	+21.0%
2022	+34.0%	+29.7%
2023	+35.6%	+34.9%
2024	+54.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	23.0%	15.5%
2015	23.1%	14.7%
2016	23.4%	14.0%
2017	22.4%	13.4%
2018	20.0%	13.1%
2019	21.0%	12.3%
2020	20.1%	11.9%
2021	20.9%	12.8%
2022	20.3%	12.6%
2023	23.0%	12.5%
2024	21.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	7.4%	6.2%
2015	6.9%	5.3%
2016	5.8%	4.9%
2017	5.0%	4.4%
2018	4.2%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	6.3%	8.1%
2021	4.6%	5.4%
2022	3.7%	3.7%
2023	3.4%	3.6%
2024	4.6%	4.0%
2025	5.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	−16.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+49.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+62.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+68.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+83.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+79.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	18.9%	13.5%
2015	16.0%	10.9%
2016	13.4%	10.0%
2017	13.6%	10.2%
2018	13.8%	10.4%
2019	15.4%	10.8%
2020	15.3%	10.4%
2021	14.6%	10.2%
2022	13.5%	9.5%
2023	14.1%	9.5%
2024	14.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Colleton County, South Carolina	United States
2014	6.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	16.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	21.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	19.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	18.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	15.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	17.3/1k	16.6/1k

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