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Population (year 2000): 4,449. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,520 (+1.6% change)
Males: 2,944 (66.2%), Females: 1,505 (33.8%)
Edgefield County
Zip code:
29824
Median resident age: 35.8 years
Median household income: $24,977 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,100 (year 2000)
Races in Edgefield:
- Black (59.9%)
- White Non-Hispanic (35.0%)
- Hispanic (4.5%)
Ancestries: United States (4.5%), English
(4.2%), German (2.2%), Irish (1.4%), Scottish (1.3%).
Elevation: 520 feet
Land area: 4.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Edgefield
- High school or higher: 69.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 9.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Edgefield town
- Never married: 31.0%
- Now married: 51.2%
- Separated: 4.2%
- Widowed: 9.3%
- Divorced: 4.2%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +1,594 (+55.8%).
Hospital/medical center in Edgefield:
- EDGEFIELD COUNTY HOSPITAL (PO BOX 590)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Edgefield:
- AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles;
AIKEN, SC)
- ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; AUGUSTA, GA)
- WALTON REHABILITATION HOSP (about 23 miles; AUGUSTA,
GA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Edgefield:
- AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FIELD (about 29 miles; AUGUSTA,
GA; ID: AGS)
- COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN (about 57 miles; COLUMBIA, SC;
ID: CAE)
- ANDERSON RGNL (about 72 miles; ANDERSON, SC; ID:
AND)
Other public-use airports nearest to Edgefield:
- EDGEFIELD COUNTY (about 9 miles; TRENTON, SC; ID:
6J6)
- TWIN LAKES (about 12 miles; GRANITEVILLE, SC; ID:
S17)
- SALUDA COUNTY (about 14 miles; SALUDA, SC; ID: 6J4)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Edgefield:
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT AIKEN (about 22
miles; AIKEN, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,636)
- AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; AUGUSTA,
GA; FT enrollment: 3,778)
- AUGUSTA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 29 miles; AUGUSTA,
GA; FT enrollment: 2,300)
- PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 31 miles;
GREENWOOD, SC; FT enrollment: 2,406)
- LANDER UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; Greenwood, SC; FT
enrollment: 2,429)
- MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 65 miles;
COLUMBIA, SC; FT enrollment: 5,958)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA (about 65
miles; COLUMBIA, SC; FT enrollment: 19,682)
Public primary/middle school in Edgefield:
- W. E. PARKER ELEMENTARY (Students: 490;
Location: 41 CREST ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
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