With 4,458 people, Belton is a city in South Carolina. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $133,500. The foreign-born share is 1%. That trails the South Carolina median by roughly 29%. 78% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,107, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Belton
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants71.2% → 55.7%(−15.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median age38.0 → 35.4(−2.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Black share15.5% → 8.3%(−7.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Belton's population equals 2.1% of Anderson County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.3% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.5%(37)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)3.3%(5)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era57%(86)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 151 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Belton, decade by decade
Belton population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,646
$52,350
$97,203
10.7%
34.0
2000
4,461
$51,354
$120,776
13.6%
42.9
2010
4,134
$33,317
$112,640
9.4%
42.4
2020
4,335
$39,225
$116,841
12.2%
51.0
2024
4,458
$49,107
$133,500
10.9%
37.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
