Seven OaksSC
A town of 15,921.
Is Seven Oaks a good place to live?
Seven Oaks is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 33rd among South Carolina's 167 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 83% of South Carolina towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $208K, 3 years of the Columbia metro’s $68K median household income. Seven Oaks’ trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in South Carolina’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Only 26 of South Carolina’s 263 towns score higher on the outdoors. Saluda Shoals Park, at 246 acres with 3.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Seven Oaks stand out
Where Seven Oaks beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Seven Oaks Elementary | PK–5 | 522 |
| Leaphart Elementary | PK–5 | 483 |
| SC Connections Academy | K–12 | 6,152 |
Every workday, about 11,797 people come to Seven Oaks for work
Where Seven Oaks’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Seven Oaks grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Seven Oaks is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Seven Oaks: who provides what
Seven Oaks is unincorporated, so Lexington 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 Seven Oaks.
Seven Oaks draws workers from Columbia and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
Seven Oaks has set aside 7.2% of its land for conservation
Seven Oaks sits where South Carolina’s towns sit at 1.7% and U.S. towns at 4.3% on this measure. 7.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saluda Shoals Park | 3.7 mi | 246 |
| 2. Seven Oaks Park | 1.2 mi | 47 |
| 3. Saluda Shoals Soccer Park | 0.8 mi | 60 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Seven Oaks’ grade for schools is an A−
One of its 4 schools is below, with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is SC Connections Academy, with 6,152 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Oaks ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 522 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Seven Oaks
12,188 jobs are based in Seven Oaks, 1.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 9,183 in 2013 to 12,188.
Most working residents leave Seven Oaks for work: only 6% work in town. The average trip to work in Seven Oaks is 20 minutes. Since 2013, Seven Oaks has added 3,005 jobs, to 12,188 in 2023.
| Seven Oaks | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 12% | 8.6% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Seven Oaks is hotter than in the typical South Carolina or U.S. town
Seven Oaks’ July high is 93°F. Seven Oaks has mild winters and hot summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More young adults than South Carolina overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (22% statewide). 41% of Seven Oaks adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Seven Oaks | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 40.9 years | 38.9 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.1 points. Across South Carolina, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Seven Oaks | SC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.6% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.5% | 12.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.6% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.8% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.8% | 28.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.7% | 19.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.1% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.2% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Residents of Seven Oaks are healthier than 60% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,580 U.S. towns with household incomes like Seven Oaks’s, it is healthier than 83%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Seven Oaks beats the South Carolina average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 84% of adults had a checkup this year in Seven Oaks.
| Seven Oaks | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 80% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Seven Oaks | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.4% | 13.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10.1% | 11.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Seven Oaks faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 258 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Seven Oaks.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Williams-Brice Stadium and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Seven Oaks. Close and well known come first.
9 mi Stadium & arenaWilliams-Brice Stadium
21 mi National ParkCongaree National Park288K visitors a year10 mi LakeAlcohol and Drug Abuse Lake
11 mi LakeLake Murray
7 mi Stadium & arenaColonial Life Arena
5 mi Zoo & aquariumRiverbanks ZooPhoto credits
Williams-Brice Stadium: SRA MARVIN PRESTON, Public domain · Congaree National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Lake Murray: Greygh0st at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Colonial Life Arena: Dfscgt21, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Riverbanks Zoo: Carlo Giovannetti (Thief12), CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Seven Oaks
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Seven Oaks
About 5 of every 100 Seven Oaks residents are enrolled in college, about the same as South Carolina.
7 miles of trails in Seven Oaks
7.2% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
About Seven Oaks
Census-designated place in South Carolina, United States
Seven Oaks is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States with a Columbia mailing address. It is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Downtown Columbia. The population of the CDP was 15,144 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 7.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 217 ft
Seven Oaks’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Seven Oaks.
| Town | SC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Oaks | #33 | B | B− | — | A− | B |
| Columbia | #124 | C− | C | D | B | B− |
| Irmo | #13 | A | B | — | A− | A− |
| St. Andrews | #128 | C− | B− | — | C | C− |
| West Columbia | #131 | D | B− | D− | C | B− |
Seven Oaks, Irmo and St. Andrews report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Seven Oaks with a neighbor →
Questions about Seven Oaks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Seven Oaks, SC a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Seven Oaks grades B overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #33 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades B for health and A− for schools.
Is Seven Oaks, SC expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.