Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,462.
Piedmont gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $303K for a typical one, or 4.3 years of the Greenville metro’s $71K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 55th of 167 in South Carolina. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $53K, and 25% of residents live below the poverty line, and residents are less healthy than 75% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, its schools outperform 87% of the state's. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Piedmont, against 17% in South Carolina’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Piedmont Mill Stores Building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Piedmont beats most towns.
Where Piedmont’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 Piedmont is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,684 in 2000, 5,411 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1907 and 2 maps from 1957 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Piedmont. Close and well known come first.
22 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium, Clemson
27 mi LakeLake Hartwell
25 mi LakeLake Keowee
31 mi LakeLake Jocassee
11 mi Stadium & arenaBon Secours Wellness Arena
27 mi State parkTable Rock State ParkMemorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lake Keowee: Inundated_38Oc1.jpg: Matthew T. Bradley from Berkshire County, Mass., USA deriva, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Jocassee: Clemson3564, Public domain · Bon Secours Wellness Arena: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas, CC BY 2.0 · Table Rock State Park: Clemson3564, CC BY 3.0
Piedmont is unincorporated, so Anderson 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Piedmont.
Piedmont is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of South Carolina; it also has poverty well above the South Carolina rate.
Against the 6,712 U.S. towns with household incomes like Piedmont’s, it is healthier than 51%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
27% of Piedmont adults have been diagnosed with depression. Piedmont beats the South Carolina average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 16% of Piedmont adults report frequent physical distress.
| Piedmont | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 23% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 13% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Piedmont | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.6% | 13.9% |
| More smokers | 16.6% | 13.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here grew from 551 in 2013 to 895.
Most working residents leave Piedmont for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Piedmont has added 344 jobs, to 895 in 2023. The top destinations are Greenville (21%), Powdersville (3%) and Mauldin (3%).
| Piedmont | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The W Pelzer weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 219 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 79% of South Carolina places with climate records. The W Pelzer weather station records that about 51 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 80% of South Carolina places with climate records.
Piedmont has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Piedmont is 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
70.7% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.1% across South Carolina.
Piedmont’s median rent is $749 a month. The typical Piedmont home is worth about $303,000, up 2.1% in a year, close to the South Carolina typical home.
| Piedmont | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $749 a month | $1,062 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 65% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Just 5 of its 5,590 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Piedmont itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Piedmont Riverfront Park, at 29 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Piedmont Riverfront Park | — | 29 |
| 2. Thomas C Pack Jr Memorial Park | 0.2 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Piedmont
About 4 of every 100 Piedmont residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
3 notable people were born in Piedmont.
CDP in South Carolina, United States
Piedmont is a census-designated place (CDP) along the Saluda River in Anderson and Greenville counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 5,411 at the 2020 census. Piedmont is a part of the Greenville-Anderson metropolitan area.
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One town shares a border with Piedmont.
| Town | SC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | #55 | B− | A | — | A | C− |
| Golden Grove | #39 | B | B+ | — | A | C− |
Piedmont and Golden Grove report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Piedmont with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Piedmont grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #55 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades C− for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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.
Piedmont has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 3 notable people were born here, including Corinne Boyd Riley and Joe Hooper.
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