ZIP code profile · 2024 county data
ZIP Code 29015
Fairfield County, South Carolina: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.
Data updated 2026-08-24
- 1,389
- Property rate /100K (county)
- 1,340
- Population (ZIP)
- 606
- Violent rate /100K (county)
Is ZIP code 29015 safe? Honest data snapshot
ZIP code 29015 sits within Fairfield County, SC, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).
Fairfield County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 606 violent and 1,389 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.
ZIP 29015 carries a Census-reported population of 1,340, ranking #3 of 5 ZIPs in Fairfield County, spread across 117.54 square miles (about 11 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Fairfield County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Fairfield County crime page linked below.
ZIP 29015 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Fairfield County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.
ZIP 29015 Census context
These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.
- Median household income
- $43,875
- Median age
- 46.3 years
- Owner-occupied homes
- 86%
- Occupied homes
- 548
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).
How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 29015?
Participating agencies give Fairfield County a split reported profile: violent crime is 72% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 19% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 29015. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.
29015 is comparatively spread out at about 11 people per square mile. That settlement pattern may differ sharply from the county's population centers, another reason to use the county rates as regional context rather than a local estimate.
Fairfield County UCR book ZIP 29015 inherits
ZIP 29015 itself is about 11 people per Census sq mi across 117.5 sq mi (1,340 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.
ZIP 29015 accounts for roughly 6.4% of the county reporting population (1,340 of 20,948).
Fairfield County leans on larceny-theft at 46% of reported offenses (mix index 3,185). ZIP 29015 has no separate FBI offense book.
Fairfield County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -18% vs 2023; property counts -10% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.
Fairfield County offense mix (2024)
Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.
Nationwide peers for ZIP 29015
Similar county violent rate (~606/100K)
- ZIP 70453, LA · 576.9/100K · St. Helena County
- ZIP 32212, FL · 573.3/100K · Duval County
- ZIP 72044, AR · 566.5/100K · Cleburne County
- ZIP 28377, NC · 560.7/100K · Hoke County
Similar Census population (~1,340)
- ZIP 05439, VT · 1,340 pop · Δ0
- ZIP 44064, OH · 1,340 pop · Δ0
- ZIP 84537, UT · 1,340 pop · Δ0
- ZIP 04740, ME · 1,341 pop · Δ1
County detail: Fairfield County · State atlas: South Carolina
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).
Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.