ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 29556

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

1,592
Property rate /100K (county)
11,467
Population (ZIP)
403
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 29556 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 29556 sits within Williamsburg 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.

Williamsburg County reported a violent-crime rate of 403 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 1,592 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

ZIP 29556 is the largest ZIP in Williamsburg County by population, 11,467 residents (#1 of 7 county ZIPs), across 172.86 square miles (66/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Williamsburg County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Williamsburg County crime page linked below.

ZIP 29556 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Williamsburg County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 29556 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
$41,590
Median age
42.1 years
Owner-occupied homes
71%
Occupied homes
4,719

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 29556?

Participating agencies give Williamsburg County a split reported profile: violent crime is 14% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 7% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 29556. 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, 29556 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 7). Its 11,467 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Williamsburg County UCR book ZIP 29556 inherits

ZIP 29556 itself is about 66 people per Census sq mi across 172.9 sq mi (11,467 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 29556's 11,467 residents are about 37% of the 2024 county reporting population (31,026), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Williamsburg County leans on larceny-theft at 51% of reported offenses (mix index 3,354). ZIP 29556 has no separate FBI offense book.

Williamsburg County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -29% vs 2023; property counts +11% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Williamsburg 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 29556

Similar county violent rate (~403/100K)

Similar Census population (~11,467)

County detail: Williamsburg 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.