New EllentonSC
A town of 2,338, settled in 1960.
Is New Ellenton a good place to live?
New Ellenton’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 17 of South Carolina’s 262 towns score lower on walkability. The median household income is $58K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. On cost of living, just 18 of South Carolina’s 261 towns do better. New Ellenton's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 90% of U.S. towns. New Ellenton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes New Ellenton stand out
Where New Ellenton beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave New Ellenton for work
Where New Ellenton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How New Ellenton grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far New Ellenton is from typical.
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Moving to New Ellenton: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Ellenton, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in New Ellenton.
The typical home in New Ellenton is valued at about $156K
The typical New Ellenton home is worth about $156,000, up 5.2% in a year, 49% below the South Carolina typical home. New Ellenton’s median rent is $691 a month, where South Carolina’s towns sit at $1,060 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
| New Ellenton | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $691 a month | $1,060 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 65% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
New Ellenton’s public schools outperform 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greendale ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 333 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
Most of New Ellenton’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave New Ellenton for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in New Ellenton grew to 468 in 2023, 202 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Aiken (22%), Augusta (8%) and North Augusta (3%).
| New Ellenton | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.1% | 8% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
New Ellenton faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
New Ellenton has mild winters and hot summers
New Ellenton has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. New Ellenton’s July high is 92°F, above both South Carolina’s towns (91°F) and U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than South Carolina overall
Children under 18 are 29% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 13% of residents (19% statewide). New Ellenton’s median age is 32.9 years. New Ellenton has grown 6.3% since 2020, to 2,338 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| New Ellenton | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32.9 years | 38.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across South Carolina, 51.3% of residents are women.
| New Ellenton | SC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.8% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.7% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 12.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.7% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 44.8% | 28.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.7% | 19.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.1% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 11.4% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
New Ellenton sees more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns
The property crime rate in New Ellenton is 10.9 per 1,000 residents.
| New Ellenton | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.9 per 1,000 residents | 21.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 per 1,000 residents | 4.1 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Residents of New Ellenton are less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
New Ellenton tracks South Carolina closely on all 32 CDC measures. 82% of adults had a checkup this year in New Ellenton.
| New Ellenton | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 80% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| New Ellenton | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. New Ellenton Park | 0.3 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fort Gordon and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Ellenton. Close and well known come first.
26 mi LandmarkFort Gordon
17 mi Stadium & arenaJames Brown Arena
18 mi MuseumMeadow Garden
17 mi MuseumMorris Museum of Art120K visitors a year12 mi MuseumBeech Island Historical Society
17 mi GardenAugusta Botanical GardensPhoto 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 New Ellenton
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of New Ellenton
About 7 of every 100 New Ellenton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as South Carolina.
About New Ellenton
City in South Carolina, United States
New Ellenton is a city in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,210 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 410 ft
- ZIP code
- 29809
- Area code
- 803
Questions about New Ellenton
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is New Ellenton, SC expensive?
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+.