DacusvilleSC
Home to 198 people, the town was settled in 1828.
Is Dacusville a good place to live?
Among 170 South Carolina towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Dacusville. Dacusville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
198 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Blue Ridge Parkway and 27 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dacusville. Close and well known come first.
30 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
24 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium, Clemson
20 mi LakeLake Jocassee
21 mi LakeLake Keowee
32 mi National forestPisgah National Forest
36 mi LakeLake HartwellPhoto credits
Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Memorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Jocassee: Clemson3564, Public domain · Lake Keowee: Inundated_38Oc1.jpg: Matthew T. Bradley from Berkshire County, Mass., USA deriva, CC BY 2.0 · Pisgah National Forest: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5
Moving to Dacusville: who provides what
Dacusville 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 Dacusville.
Dacusville has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Dacusville sits below just over two thirds of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Dacusville break down as 45% from inland flooding and 32% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Dacusville brings mild winters and hot summers
Winters in Dacusville are mild and summers warm, with plenty of rain. Summer afternoons peak near 88° in July, and January nights bottom out around 32°; snowfall runs to about 1 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Dacusville’s workers commute out: the town has 0.8 jobs for each of them
Dacusville had 125 jobs in 2023, up 20 from 2013. Most working residents leave Dacusville for work: only 1% work in town. Among residents here, 5.1% live below the poverty line, and in Dacusville, the typical household income is $51,000, where South Carolina’s towns sit at $57,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000.
| Dacusville | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $51,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Dacusville is
Dacusville: 32% of adults get no exercise outside work. 18% of Dacusville adults report frequent physical distress, above both South Carolina’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (14%). Among adults here, 17% have diabetes and 43% have high blood pressure.
| Dacusville | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 40% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 23% | 23% |
| What stands out | Dacusville | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.2% | 7.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| More smokers | 17.7% | 13.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Dacusville
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Dacusville
About 0 of every 100 Dacusville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
About Dacusville
Settlement in South Carolina, United States
Dacusville is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 399. Hester Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Dacusville is located in the Greenville-Anderson Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Combined Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,093 ft
Questions about Dacusville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dacusville, SC a good place to live?
Dacusville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.