ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 29520

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

1,419
Property rate /100K (county)
12,575
Population (ZIP)
495
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 29520 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 29520 sits within Chesterfield County, SC, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Chesterfield County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 495 violent and 1,419 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 29520 is the largest ZIP in Chesterfield County by population, 12,575 residents (#1 of 8 county ZIPs), across 131.92 square miles (95/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Chesterfield County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Chesterfield County crime page linked below.

ZIP 29520 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Chesterfield County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 29520 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
$40,724
Median age
47.4 years
Owner-occupied homes
67%
Occupied homes
5,153

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 29520?

Participating agencies give Chesterfield County a split reported profile: violent crime is 41% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 17% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 29520. 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.

Within the county, 29520 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 8). Its 12,575 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Chesterfield County UCR book ZIP 29520 inherits

ZIP 29520 itself is about 95 people per Census sq mi across 131.9 sq mi (12,575 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 29520's 12,575 residents are about 29.1% of the 2024 county reporting population (43,273), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Chesterfield County leans on larceny-theft at 48% of reported offenses (mix index 3,225). ZIP 29520 has no separate FBI offense book.

Chesterfield County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +6% vs 2023; property counts flat vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Chesterfield 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 29520

Similar county violent rate (~495/100K)

Similar Census population (~12,575)

County detail: Chesterfield 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.