Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium · National Register of Historic Places
Ashwood’s story
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The archive holds 2 maps from 1957 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
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A town of 50.
Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium · Photo: Batterup55 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Is Ashwood a good place to live?
Ashwood’s median age is 69.4 years, where South Carolina’s towns sit at 38.9 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Of the 170 South Carolina towns we compare, none has a higher share of households owning their home than Ashwood. Rembert Church and Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium is on the National Register of Historic Places. Ashwood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Small town
50 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Nearby towns
Getting set up
Moving to Ashwood: who provides what
Ashwood is unincorporated, so Lee County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerBlack River Electric Coop15.1¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
Internet3 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesLee CountyLee County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn South Carolina you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereLee Board of Voter RegistrationLee County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Aug 2024
ZIP codes29010, 2915329010 89% · 29153 11%Census 2020
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 Ashwood.
Work & commute
Most working residents commute out of Ashwood
Most working residents leave Ashwood for work: only 0% work in town. At 21 minutes, Ashwood’s average trip to work is below both South Carolina’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Sumter (16%), Bishopville (6%) and Columbia (6%).
0%work in town
Where working residents work
In Ashwood0%
Sumter16%
Bishopville6%
Columbia6%
Woodfield6%
32 mi
median commute distance
0
jobs based in Ashwood
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
In Ashwood, expect mild winters and hot summers
Ashwood has mild winters and warm summers. Ashwood’s July high is 91°F.
91°summer high
Typical low → high °F
Winter36–58°
Spring50–75°
Summer69–90°
Fall52–76°
Nov 4
typical first frost
Mar 29
typical last frost
+0.8°
vs. the 20th-century average
91°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards
Ashwood faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities.
63risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
HurricanesInland floodingTornadoes
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health
How healthy Ashwood is
Ashwood beats the South Carolina average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 47% of Ashwood adults have high blood pressure.
| Ashwood | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 40% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
32 measures vs. South Carolina
2 better18 too close to call12 worse
| What stands out | Ashwood | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 84% | 80.2% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 89.3% | 86.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.2% | 13.9% |
Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital
14 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Ashwood
14pages on Ashwood
The big questions
Out and about
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Ashwood
Morris CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Sumter13.1 mi$16,664 tuitionUniversity of South Carolina-SumterCommunity college · Public · Sumter13.7 mi$7,558 in-state tuitionCentral Carolina Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Sumter13.8 mi$5,715 in-state tuition
About 0 of every 100 Ashwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
A commuter town
100% of working residents leave Ashwood for work
Where Ashwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
0jobs based in Ashwood
0%of working residents work in town
32 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Ashwood
Census-designated place in South Carolina, United States
Ashwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census which showed a population of 116. The CDP is in southwestern Lee County, 5 miles (8 km) along U.S. Route 15, 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Bishopville, the county seat, and 13 miles (21 km) north of Sumter. The CDP is bordered to the northeast by Scape Ore Swamp and to the southwest by its tributary McGrits Creek and Ashwood Lake. The community is part of the Black River watershed, flowing to Winyah Bay at Georgetown. The Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium is a 1930s-era building listed on the National Register of Hi…
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- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 200 ft
Questions about Ashwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ashwood, SC a good place to live?
Ashwood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.