Population: 5,840. Estimated population in 2021: 5,732 (-1.8% change)
Males: 2,603 (44.6%), Females: 3,237 (55.4%)
Abbeville County
Zip code: 29620
Median resident age: 36.1 years
Median household income: $25,756
Median house value: $59,200
Races in Abbeville:
- White Non-Hispanic (50.2%)
- Black (48.5%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
Ancestries: English (9.6%), United States (8.8%), Irish (6.8%), German (3.9%), Scotch-Irish (2.8%), Italian (1.3%).
Elevation: 597 feet
Land area: 5.9 square miles
Population
For population 25 years and over in Abbeville
- High school or higher: 70.5%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 11.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.7%
- Unemployed: 7.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Abbeville city
- Never married: 31.7%
- Now married: 44.2%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 12.8%
- Divorced: 8.4%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -500 (-7.9%).
Hospitals
Hospital/medical center in Abbeville:
- ABBEVILLE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (PO BOX 887)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Abbeville:
- SELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE (about 16 miles; GREENWOOD, SC)
- ANDERSON AREA MEDICAL CENTER (about 30 miles; ANDERSON, SC)
- ELBERT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; ELBERTON, GA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Abbeville:
- ANDERSON RGNL (about 31 miles; ANDERSON, SC; Abbreviation: AND)
- DONALDSON CENTER (about 40 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; Abbreviation: GYH)
- GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 50 miles; GREER, SC; Abbreviation: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Abbeville:
- HESTER MEMORIAL (about 15 miles; CALHOUN FALLS, SC; Abbreviation: 0A2)
- GREENWOOD COUNTY (about 17 miles; GREENWOOD, SC; Abbreviation: GRD)
- MC CORMICK COUNTY (about 21 miles; MC CORMICK, SC; Abbreviation: S19)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Abbeville:
- PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 16 miles; GREENWOOD, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,406)
- LANDER UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; Greenwood, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,429)
- TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 42 miles; PENDLETON, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,343)
- GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 45 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; Full-time enrollment: 6,157)
- BOB JONES UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; Full-time enrollment: 3,577)
- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; CLEMSON, SC; Full-time enrollment: 15,962)
- FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,915)
Schools
Public high schools in Abbeville:
- ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 536; Location: 701 WASHINGTON STREET; Grades: 09 – 12)
- ABBEVILLE COUNTY VOCATIONAL CENTER (Location: 100 OLD CALHOUN FALLS RD.; Grades: 10 – 12)
Private high school in Abbeville:
- COLD SPRINGS MENNONITE SCHOOL (Students: 35; Location: 226 COLD SPRING CHURCH ROAD; Grades: 1 – 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Abbeville:
- LONG CANE ELEMENTARY (Students: 500; Location: 815 EAST GREENWOOD STREET; Grades: PK – 05)
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 487; Location: 124 HWY. 28 BY-PASS; Grades: PK – 05)
- WRIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 469; Location: 700 BRANCH STREET; Grades: 06 – 08)
- DIAMOND HILL ELEMENTARY (Students: 340; Location: 104 LAKE SECESSION RD.; Grades: PK – 07)
- ABBEVILLE PREMIER ACADEMY (Students: 29; Location: 701 WASHINGTON STREET; Grades: 09 – 09)