City safety & data profile

AndersonSC

Anderson, SC is a 27K-resident city in Anderson County with a median household income of $46,933.

Anderson County, South Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Anderson, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Anderson has a population larger than 59% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $218,200, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

27K
Population (place)
Top 41%
By size
$46,933
Median income (place)
$218,200
Median home (place)
21%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Anderson

Anderson posts a median household income higher than 6% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Anderson area.

Bottom 7%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Anderson

Where Anderson income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$46,933 Bottom 6% higher than 6% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Anderson $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in SC

Population among 50 SC places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbia is the largest SC city on this list; Five Forks leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in SC

Median household income among the same 50-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Five Forks posts the highest place-level median income in SC; Columbia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Anderson, SC beyond the headline numbers

Anderson sits inside Anderson County, South Carolina, at roughly 34.50°N, -82.65°W. Population 27,335, $46,933 median household income. Median home value $218,200, median rent $975. Poverty rate 21%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Anderson, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

21% of Anderson, SC residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Anderson runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 5.8% of Anderson workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.6% in Anderson, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Anderson's median age is 32.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Anderson from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
27,335
Anderson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$46,933
-48% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$218,200
-47% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Anderson County): Anderson's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
210K+12%
Median Income
$66,651+60%
Median Home Value
$231,900+88%
Poverty Rate
14.6%-13%
Unemployment
5.2%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Anderson, SC
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$975/mo
Poverty Rate
21% +69% vs avg
Unemployment 6.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.3%
Work From Home 5.8%
Public Transit 0.7%

Population

White 61.3%
African American 27.1%
Asian 2.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
39%
Obesity
37.1%
Short Sleep Duration
36.6%
Physical Inactivity
29%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.5%
Diabetes
14.8%
Current Smoking
14.4%
Binge Drinking
13.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.9%
Annual Checkup 79.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.6%
Stroke
4.6%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
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1
★★★
0
★★
0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
ANMED HEALTH
ANDERSON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Anderson?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Anderson right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet SC-ANDERSON-SC · Anderson

Anderson: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Anderson

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Anderson.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Anderson; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse South Carolina state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Anderson, SC? ▼
Anderson, SC has a population of 27,335 people, located in Anderson County, South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Anderson? ▼
The median household income in Anderson, SC is $46,933 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 21%.
What is the median home value in Anderson? ▼
The median home value in Anderson, SC is $218,200. Median rent is $975/month.
What are the top health concerns in Anderson? ▼
The top health indicators in Anderson include High Blood Pressure (39%), Obesity (37.1%), Short Sleep Duration (36.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Anderson? ▼
Anderson has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Anderson? ▼
The median age in Anderson, SC is 32.7 years. 28.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Anderson, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside SC (21% here).

Bridgeport, CT 21% Allentown, PA 21% Peoria, IL 21% Anderson, IN 21%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside SC ($46,933 here).

Del City, OK $46,925 Anderson, IN $46,909 Mercedes, TX $46,904 Elizabethton, TN $46,975

Compare Anderson with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Clemson, SC 15K Easley, SC 21K Gantt, SC 14K Parker, SC 11K Berea, SC 14K Greenville, SC 65K Mauldin, SC 25K Simpsonville, SC 21K
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Using Anderson's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Anderson area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Anderson against South Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore South Carolina

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Anderson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.