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St. Matthews is a small town of 1,645 people in Calhoun County, South Carolina. It's about 27 miles from Columbia, SC and 107 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 $204k and rent runs about $970 a month.
1,645people
$204kTypical home
$970/moRent
93° / 59°Summer / winter
0"Snow
257Sunny days
113Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,645
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 856 people per sq mi
- 107 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 27 mi to Columbia, SC
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $204k (≈$1,288/mo)
- Median rent $970/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 8.0% 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
- 113 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (492 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,311 per 100k)
People
- Median age 54
- 26% of households have kids
- 29% are 65 or older
- 29% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 11% walk or take transit to work
- 27 mi to CAE airport
- 68 mi to CHS (major hub)
- 27 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 82% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 279 ft
- 74 mi to the ocean
- 15 mi to a big lake
- 23 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 26 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 74 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of South Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 21 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 37 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 22 mi to the nearest dog park
- 14 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Calhoun County: R+14 in 2024
- South Carolina: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk