ArialSC
A town of 1,919.
Is Arial a good place to live?
The best of Arial’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for health. Only 24 of South Carolina’s 261 towns score higher on cost of living. Arial's schools rank ahead of 76% of South Carolina towns. Only 1 of the 170 South Carolina towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Arial. Williams-Ligon House and Arial Mill is on the National Register of Historic Places. Arial has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Arial for work
Where Arial’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Arial grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Arial is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Memorial Stadium, Clemson and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Arial. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium, Clemson
34 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
14 mi LakeLake Keowee
18 mi LakeLake Jocassee
29 mi LakeLake Hartwell
37 mi National forestPisgah National ForestPhoto credits
Memorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lake Keowee: Inundated_38Oc1.jpg: Matthew T. Bradley from Berkshire County, Mass., USA deriva, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Jocassee: Clemson3564, Public domain · Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Pisgah National Forest: Ken Thomas, Public domain
Moving to Arial: who provides what
Arial is unincorporated, so Pickens County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Arial.
On CDC estimates, Arial is less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns
Arial beats the South Carolina average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 17% of Arial adults report frequent physical distress, above both the South Carolina town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 25% of Arial adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Arial | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Arial | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.5% | 13.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 7.5% |
| More smokers | 16.8% | 13.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Arial has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Arial for work: only 0% work in town. 7.9% of Arial residents live below the poverty line, where South Carolina’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Arial fell to 434 in 2023, 159 fewer than in 2013.
| Arial | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 7.9% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Arial has mild winters and hot summers
Arial has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Only 7 of the 170 South Carolina towns we compare have a lower July high than Arial.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Arial
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Arial sells for about $295K at the median
90% of households own their home in Arial.
| Arial | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,003 a month | $1,060 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Arial
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Arial
About 4 of every 100 Arial residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
About Arial
CDP in South Carolina, United States
Arial is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,607 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,079 ft
Arial’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Arial.
Arial has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Arial reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Arial with a neighbor →
Questions about Arial
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Arial, SC expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $181,000, 40% below the South Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.