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Evaluate South Carolina locations for retail, franchise, or office expansion by filtering ZIP codes on income thresholds, population density, and drive-time commute data — all in one spreadsheet.
All 615 South Carolina ZIP codes — income, population, housing, flood risk, broadband access, food access, and more — packaged into a single clean CSV or Excel file. Ideal for coastal real estate and flood risk.
What's Included
All drawn from official US government sources and joined into one clean file. No Census API knowledge required.
Use Cases
Evaluate South Carolina locations for retail, franchise, or office expansion by filtering ZIP codes on income thresholds, population density, and drive-time commute data — all in one spreadsheet.
Segment South Carolina for direct mail, geo-targeted advertising, or sales territory design. Find Columbia and Charleston ZIP codes that best match your ideal customer demographic profile.
Compare median home values, vacancy rates, and flood risk across South Carolina markets from Columbia to Greenville. Build investor reports without spending hours on individual ZIP lookups.
Demonstrate community need in South Carolina using poverty rates, food desert classifications, broadband gap data, and health indicators — all citeable from official government sources.
About This Dataset
South Carolina (SC) has 615 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) as defined by the US Census Bureau. This dataset covers all of them — from high-density urban ZIP codes in Columbia and Charleston to rural and suburban areas across South Carolina's Southeast geography.
South Carolina has a significant number of FEMA high-risk coastal ZIP codes. This makes accurate, ZIP-level data especially valuable for businesses and researchers focused on coastal real estate and flood risk.
The demographic core of this dataset comes from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates (2019–2023 vintage, published December 2024) — the gold standard for ZIP code-level statistics. The 5-year estimates pool five years of survey responses to produce reliable numbers even for small or low-population ZIP codes, which is especially important in South Carolina's rural areas.
Flood zone classifications come from the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL). Each South Carolina ZIP code is flagged for the percentage of its area falling within high-risk flood zones (Zone A, AE, V, and VE designations). This is particularly relevant for real estate, insurance, and lending decisions in South Carolina.
Broadband coverage data comes from the FCC's National Broadband Map, which tracks the percentage of addresses in each ZIP code with access to fixed broadband service at 25/3 Mbps, 100/20 Mbps, and gigabit speeds. In South Carolina, broadband availability varies significantly between urban ZIP codes in Columbia and rural areas.
Food desert designations come from the USDA Economic Research Service Food Access Research Atlas. A ZIP code is flagged as a food desert when it meets the USDA's combined criteria for low income and limited access to a supermarket. This data is commonly used in South Carolina for grant applications and community health planning.
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