ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 29061

Richland County, South Carolina: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

1,222
Property rate /100K (county)
12,569
Population (ZIP)
353
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 29061 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 29061 sits within Richland County, SC. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.

Richland County reported a violent-crime rate of 353 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 1,222 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

ZIP 29061 carries a Census-reported population of 12,569, ranking #12 of 18 ZIPs in Richland County, spread across 88.31 square miles (about 142 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Richland County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Richland County crime page linked below.

ZIP 29061 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Richland County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 29061 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
$62,562
Median age
44.0 years
Owner-occupied homes
72%
Occupied homes
4,831

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 29061?

Participating agencies give Richland County a split reported profile: violent crime is 0% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 29% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 29061. 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.

29061 is comparatively spread out at about 142 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.

Richland County UCR book ZIP 29061 inherits

ZIP 29061 itself is about 142 people per Census sq mi across 88.3 sq mi (12,569 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 29061 accounts for roughly 3% of the county reporting population (12,569 of 416,147).

Richland County leans on larceny-theft at 52% of reported offenses (mix index 3,354). ZIP 29061 has no separate FBI offense book.

Richland County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -28% vs 2023; property counts -26% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Richland 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 29061

Similar county violent rate (~353/100K)

Similar Census population (~12,569)

County detail: Richland 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.