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Brookdale is a small town of 4,291 people in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It's about 36 miles from Columbia, SC and 117 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 59°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $97k and rent runs about $760 a month.
4,291people
$97kTypical home
$760/moRent
93° / 59°Summer / winter
0"Snow
257Sunny days
116Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,291
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,178 people per sq mi
- 117 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 36 mi to Columbia, SC
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $97k (≈$609/mo)
- Median rent $760/mo
- Median household income $39k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 20.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 59°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 70°F)
- 257 sunny days a year (111 totally clear)
- 108 cloudy days a year
- 33 of 90 winter days are gray
- 116 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- High violent crime (950 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,524 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 33
- 24% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 13% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to CAE airport
- 63 mi to CHS (major hub)
- 22 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 77% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 292 ft
- 68 mi to the ocean
- 18 mi to a big lake
- 32 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 33 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 62 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of South Carolina districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 29 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 44 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 28 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Orangeburg County: D+25 in 2024
- South Carolina: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.