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A town of 3,950, settled in 1853. Public schools that outperform most of South Carolina.
Trash & recyclingHonea Path gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $221K for a typical one, or 3.1 years of the Greenville metro’s $71K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 87th among South Carolina's 167 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $33K, and 34% of residents live below the poverty line, and its crime rate is higher than 91% of U.S. towns, with 29 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 90% of South Carolina towns. 34% of residents live below the poverty line in Honea Path, against 17% in South Carolina’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Honea Path's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns. Obediah Shirley House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Honea Path beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Honea Path Elementary | PK–5 | 571 |
| Honea Path Middle | 6–8 | 278 |
Where Honea Path’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Honea Path is from typical.
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Census counts: 228 in 1880, 3,686 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 2 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Honea Path, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Honea Path.
Honea Path pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has poverty well above the South Carolina rate.
Honea Path’s violent crime rate is 7.4 per 1,000 residents. Honea Path reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 91% report less. Honea Path’s property crime rate is 16 per 1,000 residents.
| Honea Path | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7.4 per 1,000 residents | 3.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 16 per 1,000 residents | 21.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its A for schools comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $221K.
Its public schools are run by the Anderson 02 school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honea Path ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 571 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
Against the 909 U.S. towns with household incomes like Honea Path’s, it is healthier than 86%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
Honea Path beats the South Carolina average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Honea Path.
| Honea Path | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 23% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Honea Path | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 7.5% |
| More smokers | 16% | 13.3% |
| More adults with depression | 26.7% | 22.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here grew from 511 in 2013 to 678.
Most working residents leave Honea Path for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Honea Path is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Honea Path grew to 678 in 2023, 167 more than in 2013.
| Honea Path | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Honea Path home is worth about $221,000, up 2.8% in a year, 27% below the South Carolina typical home.
| Honea Path | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $772 a month | $1,062 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 65% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Honea Path has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 33° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 15 of its 2,248 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Honea Path itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bridwell Park | — | 10 |
| 2. Dogwood Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Honea Path
About 1 of every 100 Honea Path residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
3 notable people were born in Honea Path.
Town in South Carolina, United States
Honea Path is a town primarily in Anderson County, South Carolina and extending into Abbeville County in the northwest part of the state. The population was 3,686 at the 2020 census.
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Honea Path grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #87 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades C− for health, D for safety and A for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D−.
Within South Carolina, it does better than 47% of towns.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
3 notable people were born here, including Olin D. Johnston and John C. Taylor.
