Area data
Columbia, SC — ZIP 29225
Population: 443 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 444.0 (+2.0% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Below Average)
- 93.7 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 15.0¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $16.90/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- iceStorm, hurricane, inlandFlooding, lightning, strongWind
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 66.7°F
- Average high
- 78.3°F
- Average low
- 55.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 47.5 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 47
- Days with Good air quality
- 210
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Congaree National Park (20 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport (CUB) (3 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport (CUB) (3 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 11
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.6 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 104
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.6 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 172,284
- Average weekly wage
- $1,148
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Finance & Insurance
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 883
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