ZIP 29488 · Walterboro
Who lives in ZIP code 29488 (Walterboro, SC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Walterboro, SC · Colleton County
uszips 2026
People22,538
Median age38.8
Household income$49,876
Home value$161,851
Median rent$950/mo
Poverty23.5%
College degree+17.8%
Commute31 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 37 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 9,136
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
18.1% are 65 or older; 76.0% are adults.
Household income
22.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $30,571.
Education (adults 25+)
23.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
4.3% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 37.4%
- Never married
- 37.8%
- Divorced
- 16.5%
- Widowed
- 8.4%
- Family size
- 2.89
- Dual-income families
- 43.4%
Housing
- Own their home
- 66.5%
- Rent burden
- 34.4%
- Men / women
- 46% / 54%
Work
- In labor force
- 58.2%
- Unemployment
- 13.2%
- Self-employed
- 14.2%
- Farmers
- 1.7%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 14.3%
- Veterans
- 9.0%
- With a disability
- 19.6%
- No health insurance
- 15.4%
- Limited English
- 1.5%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.