ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 29102

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

1,445
Property rate /100K (county)
15,831
Population (ZIP)
472
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 29102 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 29102 sits within Clarendon County, SC, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Clarendon County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 472 violent and 1,445 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 29102 carries a Census-reported population of 15,831, ranking #1 of 6 ZIPs in Clarendon County, spread across 243.41 square miles (about 65 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Clarendon County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Clarendon County crime page linked below.

ZIP 29102 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Clarendon County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 29102 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
$45,084
Median age
46.9 years
Owner-occupied homes
72%
Occupied homes
6,423

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 29102?

Participating agencies give Clarendon County a split reported profile: violent crime is 34% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 16% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 29102. 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.

29102 is comparatively spread out at about 65 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.

Clarendon County UCR book ZIP 29102 inherits

ZIP 29102 itself is about 65 people per Census sq mi across 243.4 sq mi (15,831 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 29102's 15,831 residents are about 50.8% of the 2024 county reporting population (31,144), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Clarendon County leans on larceny-theft at 54% of reported offenses (mix index 3,578). ZIP 29102 has no separate FBI offense book.

Clarendon County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -3% vs 2023; property counts -20% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Clarendon 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 29102

Similar county violent rate (~472/100K)

Similar Census population (~15,831)

County detail: Clarendon 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.