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Anderson County

Population in July 2007: 21,280.
Males: 10,518  (49.4%)
Females: 10,762  (50.6%)

Median resident age:  36.7 years
South Carolina median age:  35.4 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $53,976 (it was $48,720 in 2000)
Brushy Creek:  $53,976
South Carolina:  $43,329

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $25,528
Brushy Creek:  $25,528
South Carolina:  $23,137

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $152,453 (it was $110,900 in 2000)
Brushy Creek:  $152,453
South Carolina:  $133,900

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $186,445; Detached houses: $220,115; Townhouses or other attached units: $139,369; In 2-unit structures: $75,004; Mobile homes: $50,172

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Races in Brushy Creek:

  • White Non-Hispanic (94.1%)
  • Black (4.3%)
  • American Indian (4.3%)
  • Hispanic (1.1%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Brushy Creek: 80.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 191 feet

Land area: 68.2 square miles.

Population density: 312 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Brushy Creek

  • High school or higher: 81.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
  • Unemployed: 3.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Brushy Creek CCD

  • Never married: 17.2%
  • Now married: 70.4%
  • Separated: 1.5%
  • Widowed: 5.1%
  • Divorced: 7.3%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.1%
South Carolina:  2.9%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Brushy Creek:  0.5% ($517)
South Carolina:  0.6% ($510)
Brushy Creek satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greenville, SC (10.7 miles , pop. 56,002).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (101.2 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (544.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Powderville, SC (1.9 miles ), Piedmont, SC (2.0 miles ), Golden Grove, SC (2.2 miles ), West Pelzer, SC (2.6 miles ), Easley, SC (2.7 miles ), Welcome, SC (2.7 miles ), Pelzer, SC (2.7 miles) , Gantt, SC (2.8 miles ).

Latitude: 34.74 N, Longitude: 82.52 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 864

Brushy Creek household income distribution Brushy Creek home values distribution

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (13%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Health care (4%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (3%)



Brushy Creek-area historical tornado activity is slightly above South Carolina state average. It is 49% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/27/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 5.6 miles away from the Brushy Creek place center injured 40 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 3/31/1973, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 35.9 miles away from the place center killed 7 people and injured 30 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Brushy Creek-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below South Carolina state average. It is 88% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 59.9 miles away from Brushy Creek center
On 8/25/2005 at 03:09:42, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MW, Depth: 5.0 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 80.5 miles away from the city center
On 3/18/2003 at 06:04:24, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 75.5 miles away from the city center
On 1/3/1992 at 04:21:22, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 MD, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 54.9 miles away from Brushy Creek center
On 12/7/2007 at 11:07:03, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 40.6 miles away from the city center
On 6/16/2006 at 00:57:27, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 2.9 mi) earthquake occurred 67.0 miles away from Brushy Creek center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near Brushy Creek:
  • GREENVILLE HOSPITAL CENTER (about 9 miles; GREENVILLE, SC)
  • PALMETTO BAPTIST MED CTR EASLEY (about 11 miles; EASLEY, SC)
  • ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; GREENVILLE, SC)

Amtrak stations near Brushy Creek:
  • 11 miles: GREENVILLE (1120 W. WASHINGTON ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
  • 19 miles: CLEMSON (U.S. 123 & STATE HWY. 133). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brushy Creek:
  • TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 10 miles; PENDLETON, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,343)
  • GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 12 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 6,157)
  • BOB JONES UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 3,577)
  • CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; CLEMSON, SC; FT enrollment: 15,962)
  • FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 2,915)
  • SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 35 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG (about 37 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,041)

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Churches in Brushy Creek include: Pleasant View Church (A), Pisgah Church (B), Pickens Chapel (C), Calvary Church (D), Oak Grove Church (E), John Wesley Methodist Church (F), Mountain Spring Church (G), Mount Sinai Church (H), Mount Pisgah Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Pleasant View Cemetery (1), Pickens Cemetery (2), Oak Grove Cemetery (3), Fairview Methodist Cemetery (4), Bethesda Baptist Cemetery (5), Corinth Baptist Number Two Cemetery (6), Saint Pauls Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Brushy Creek Watershed 11 Lake (A), Brushy Creek Watershed 16 Lake (B), Brushy Creek Watershed 17 Lake (C), Brushy Creek Watershed 18 Reservoir (D), McGee Pond (E), Hammonds Lake (F), Three and Twenty Creek Watershed One Reservoir (G), Woodson Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Hornbuckle Creek (A), Craven Creek (B), Rocky Branch (C), Georges Creek (D), Charles Creek (E), Brushy Creek (F), West Twenty Six Mile Creek (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
South Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  73.2%
Whole state:  69.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.0%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  6.5%
Whole state:  14.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  3.6%
Whole state:  6.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Brushy Creek, SC


90 people in nursing homes


Brushy Creek compared to South Carolina state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.


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Educational Attainment




School Enrollment by Level of School






2004 Presidential Election results in Anderson County South Carolina:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (49%)
  • Utility gas (37%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
  • Wood (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)


Religion statistics for Brushy Creek

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Presbyterian Church (USA)International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Adherents67.1%9.5%6.0%4.9%3.0%
Congregations42.0%14.4%8.0%7.2%5.6%
NameAssemblies of GodCatholic Church The Wesleyan ChurchChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsOther religions
Adherents1.6%1.5%1.0%0.7%4.8%
Congregations3.6%0.8%2.4%0.8%15.2%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


6.11% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,387 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.11%
South Carolina average:  8.00%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($113 average AGI)
Anderson County:  0.04%
South Carolina average:  0.15%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Greenville County, SC  1.25% ($39,806 average AGI)
from Pickens County, SC  0.75% ($34,009)
from Oconee County, SC  0.33% ($33,254)


4.97% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,293 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.97%
South Carolina average:  6.88%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($454 average AGI)
Anderson County:  0.05%
South Carolina average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Greenville County, SC  1.20% ($34,473 average AGI)
to Pickens County, SC  0.61% ($34,196)
to Oconee County, SC  0.24% ($28,214)


Strongest AM radio stations in Brushy Creek:
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
  • WGVL (1440 AM; 5 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WYRD (1330 AM; 5 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WELP (1360 AM; 5 kW; EASLEY, SC)
  • WTBI (1540 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PICKENS, SC; Owner: TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS)
  • WRIX (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; HOMELAND PARK, SC; Owner: AM 1020 INCORPORATED)
  • WMUU (1260 AM; 5 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WMUU, INC.)
  • WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
  • WDAB (1580 AM; 5 kW; TRAVELERS REST, SC; Owner: DABNEY-ADAMSON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WANS (1280 AM; 5 kW; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: FM 103 INC.)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WGCR (720 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PISGAH FOREST, NC; Owner: ANCHOR BAPTIST BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Brushy Creek:
  • WJMZ-FM (107.3 FM; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WROQ (101.1 FM; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: OBC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WMUU-FM (94.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WMUU, INC.)
  • WEPR (90.1 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • WLFJ-FM (89.3 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WTBI-FM (91.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: TABERNACLE BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE)
  • WBZT-FM (96.7 FM; MAULDIN, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WOLI (103.9 FM; EASLEY, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSSL-FM (100.5 FM; GRAY COURT, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WSPA-FM (98.9 FM; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WFBC-FM (93.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WMYI (102.5 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WTPT (93.3 FM; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: UPSTATE BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • W218AD (91.5 FM; BREVARD, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WHZT (98.1 FM; SENECA, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • W220CD (91.9 FM; ENKA, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • W247AB (97.3 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around Brushy Creek:
  • WBSC-TV (Channel 40; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: ANDERSON (WFBC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WHNS (Channel 21; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WYFF (Channel 4; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WYFF HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W22AC (Channel 22; HARTWELL & ROYSTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WNTV (Channel 29; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • WNEH (Channel 38; GREENWOOD, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • WSQY-LP (Channel 66; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ASHEVILLE MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
  • W50CL (Channel 50; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • W65DS (Channel 65; HONEA PATH, SC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WGGS-TV (Channel 16; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC)


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