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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: $54,000 (it was $48,720 in 2000)
Brushy Creek  $54,000
South Carolina:  $43,329

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $162,000 (it was $127,700 in 2000)
Brushy Creek  $162,000
South Carolina:  $133,900

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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: 84.0 (less than average, 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 
 
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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:  0.4% ($517)
South Carolina:  0.5% ($510)
Brushy Creek satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greenville, SC (11.9 miles , pop. 56,002).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (120.7 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (605.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Powderville, SC (3.7 miles ), Piedmont, SC (4.7 miles ), Golden Grove, SC (5.7 miles ), West Pelzer, SC (7.1 miles ), Easley, SC (7.6 miles ), Welcome, SC (7.7 miles ), Pelzer, SC (7.8 miles) , Williamston, SC (8.8 miles ).

Latitude: 34.74 N, Longitude: 82.52 W


90 people in nursing homes

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 near South Carolina state average. It is 23% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/27/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 6.7 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 37.3 miles away from the place center killed 7 people and injured 30 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Brushy Creek:
  • GREENVILLE HOSPITAL CENTER (about 10 miles; GREENVILLE, SC)
  • PALMETTO BAPTIST MED CTR EASLEY (about 12 miles; EASLEY, SC)
  • ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; GREENVILLE, SC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Brushy Creek:
  • DONALDSON CENTER (about 11 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; ID: GYH)
  • ANDERSON RGNL (about 22 miles; ANDERSON, SC; ID: AND)
  • GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 24 miles; GREER, SC; ID: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brushy Creek:
  • PICKENS COUNTY (about 14 miles; PICKENS, SC; ID: LQK)
  • GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (about 14 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; ID: GMU)
  • OCONEE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 26 miles; CLEMSON, SC; ID: CEU)

Amtrak station near Brushy Creek:
  • 12 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.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brushy Creek:
  • TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 11 miles; PENDLETON, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,343)
  • GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 14 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 6,157)
  • FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 2,915)
  • BOB JONES UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 3,577)
  • CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; CLEMSON, SC; FT enrollment: 15,962)
  • SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 39 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG (about 43 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 1999:
This place:  6.5%
Whole state:  14.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  3.6%
Whole state:  6.5%

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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2004 Presidential Election results in Anderson County South Carolina:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

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.)
  • WDAB (1580 AM; 5 kW; TRAVELERS REST, SC; Owner: DABNEY-ADAMSON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WANS (1280 AM; 5 kW; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: FM 103 INC.)
  • WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
  • 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.)
  • 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)
  • WSSL-FM (100.5 FM; GRAY COURT, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WTPT (93.3 FM; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: UPSTATE BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • W218AD (91.5 FM; BREVARD, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • W220CD (91.9 FM; ENKA, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • W247AB (97.3 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)

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)
  • WYFF (Channel 4; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WYFF HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • W22AC (Channel 22; HARTWELL & ROYSTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WNTV (Channel 29; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • WNEH (Channel 38; GREENWOOD, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • 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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