BelvedereSC
A town of 5,180.
Is Belvedere a good place to live?
Belvedere gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $144K for a typical one, or 2.1 years of the Augusta metro’s $69K median household income. It grades B overall, 45th of 167 graded towns in South Carolina. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Belvedere’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in South Carolina’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Only 8 of the 169 South Carolina towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Belvedere. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns.
What makes Belvedere stand out
Where Belvedere beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Belvedere for work
Where Belvedere’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Belvedere grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Belvedere is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Belvedere: who provides what
Belvedere is unincorporated, so Aiken 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 Belvedere.
Belvedere sends many workers across the state line to Martinez, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
Belvedere has set aside 1.1% of its land for conservation
4.1 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Belvedere beat 62% of South Carolina districts
Its public schools are run by the Aiken 01 school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belvedere ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 617 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Belvedere
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Belvedere
26% of working residents cross a state line to work, Martinez among the top destinations. Belvedere has 287 jobs for its 1,930 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Belvedere for work: only 1% work in town. Belvedere’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, where South Carolina’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs based in Belvedere grew to 287 in 2023, 76 more than in 2013.
| Belvedere | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 17% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Belvedere are less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
Against the 6,796 U.S. towns with household incomes like Belvedere’s, it is healthier than 53%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income. Within South Carolina it is less healthy than 54% of the 169 graded towns: much of South Carolina scores lower on these measures.
Belvedere beats the South Carolina average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Belvedere.
| Belvedere | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 12% |
| What stands out | Belvedere | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.8% | 13.9% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.9% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 21.2% | 17.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Belvedere has mild winters and hot summers
Belvedere has mild winters and hot summers. Belvedere’s July high is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than South Carolina overall
Children under 18 are 30% of residents (22% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). 15% of Belvedere residents are 65 or older. 22% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across South Carolina.
| Belvedere | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 30% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 24% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across South Carolina, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Belvedere | SC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.7% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 21.9% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.8% | 12.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.5% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41% | 28.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.1% | 19.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.6% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.7% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
A home in Belvedere sells for about $170K at the median
At 2.1 years of the Augusta metro’s $69K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 90% of South Carolina towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fort Gordon and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Belvedere. Close and well known come first.
15 mi LandmarkFort Gordon
5 mi Stadium & arenaJames Brown Arena
5 mi MuseumMeadow Garden
5 mi MuseumMorris Museum of Art120K visitors a year
5 mi GardenAugusta Botanical Gardens8 mi MuseumBeech Island Historical SocietyPhoto credits
Fort Gordon: U.S. Army Cyber Command, Public domain · James Brown Arena: Thomson200, CC0 · Meadow Garden: Flickr user Sir Mildred Pierce, CC BY 2.0 · Morris Museum of Art: Thomson200, CC0 · Augusta Botanical Gardens: Liam Wolff (Ospr3yy at en.wikipedia), FAL
Everything we know about Belvedere
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Belvedere
About 4 of every 100 Belvedere residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
About Belvedere
Census-designated place in South Carolina, United States
Belvedere is a census-designated place (CDP) and suburb of North Augusta in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The population was 5,792 at the 2010 census. Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") was so named for its scenic river views over the Savannah River.
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- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 486 ft
Questions about Belvedere
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Belvedere, SC a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Belvedere grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #45 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades C for health and B for schools.
Is Belvedere, SC expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $144,000, 53% 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−.