Darlington County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 31.8. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.51. This is about average. Closest monitor was 21.0 miles away from the city center.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 28.2. This is about average. Closest monitor was 16.9 miles away from the city center.
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2009 was 0.00017. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 21.0 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 16.8. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 21.0 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 15.6%
(15.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 14.7% for Black residents, 40.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.5 people | | South Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 69.9% | | Whole state: | 68.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 3.3% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Society Hill, SC
Society Hill compared to South Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Society Hill (2011 data):
- Carolina Bank & Trust Co.: Society Hill Branch at Main Street, branch established on 1966/09/29. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $358.5 mil, Deposits: $314.2 mil, headquarters in Lamar, SC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 16 total offices, Holding Company: First Carolina Bancshares Corporation
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (6%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Darlington County South Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Society Hill (based on Darlington County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 44.77%
| Here |  | 44.8% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Non-Charismatic Churches Independent | Baha'i |
| Adherents | 47.8% | 23.8% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 3.7% |
| Congregations | 29.2% | 25.5% | 5.7% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Church of the Nazarene | Other |
| Adherents | 2.4% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 8.1% |
| Congregations | 1.9% | 4.7% | 5.7% | 1.9% | 23.6% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 19 | This county: | 2.84 / 10,000 pop. | | South Carolina: | 1.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Darlington County: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. | | South Carolina: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 7 | This county: | 1.05 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.85 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 45 | Darlington County: | 6.74 / 10,000 pop. | | South Carolina: | 5.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 27 | Darlington County: | 4.04 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult obesity rate: | This county: | 30.5% | | South Carolina: | 29.4% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Darlington County: | 13.0% | | South Carolina: | 13.4% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $5,187 | $20,748 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
5 | $15,412 | $36,989 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $3,350 | $40,200 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
9 | $23,949 | $31,932 | 0 | $0 |
Society Hill government finances in 2002:
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $270,000 ($479.57)
Central Staff Services: $183,000 ($325.04)
General - Other: $3,000 ($5.33)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $58,000 ($103.02)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $218,000 ($387.21)
Interest Earnings: $10,000 ($17.76)
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff: $71,000 ($126.11)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $529,000 ($939.61)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $302,000 ($536.41)
All Other: $13,000 ($23.09)
- Tax - Public Utilities: $31,000 ($55.06)
Property: $17,000 ($30.20)
NEC: $5,000 ($8.88)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $292,000 ($518.65)
5.67% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,199 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.67% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.04% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,328 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.04% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Society Hill:
- WBSC (1550 AM; 10 kW; BENNETTSVILLE, SC; Owner: D-MITCH BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WJMX (970 AM; 10 kW; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WLWL (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ROCKINGHAM, NC; Owner: SANDHILLS BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WEWO (1460 AM; 5 kW; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: SERVICE MEDIA, INC.)
- WCRE (1420 AM; 1 kW; CHERAW, SC; Owner: ORR BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WPFM (1400 AM; 1 kW; DARLINGTON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WEEB (990 AM; 10 kW; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: PINEHURST BROADCASTING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Society Hill:
- WJMX-FM (103.3 FM; CHERAW, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WBZF (98.5 FM; HARTSVILLE, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WDAR-FM (105.5 FM; DARLINGTON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WYNN-FM (106.3 FM; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WHLZ (100.5 FM; MARION, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WCMG (94.3 FM; LATTA, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WSIM (93.7 FM; BISHOPVILLE, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WJSG (104.3 FM; HAMLET, NC; Owner: JACKSON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WYFQ-FM (93.5 FM; WADESBORO, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WVSZ (107.3 FM; CHESTERFIELD, SC; Owner: OUR THREE SONS BROADCASTING, LLP)
- WLPG (91.7 FM; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: AUGUSTA RADIO FELLOWSHIP INSTITUTE, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Society Hill:
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W66DE (Channel 50; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WJPM-TV (Channel 33; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WSFX-TV (Channel 26; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WPDF-LP (Channel 56; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GE MEDIA, INC.)
Society Hill, South Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 9
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 14
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 3
- Fatalities: 11
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 23
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
South Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 85
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 129
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 27
- Fatalities: 93
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 218
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 12
See more detailed statistics of Society Hill fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 28 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Society Hill)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2 - 4 Km Sw (Lat: 34.481111 Lon: -79.860000), Type: Tower, Structure height: 64 m, Overall height: 65 m, Call Sign: KDA451
Assigned Frequencies: 151.985 MHz Grant Date: 03/19/2002, Expiration Date: 03/27/2012, Cancellation Date: 10/29/2008, Certifier: S C Thompson
Registrant: Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc., 22j64 Bsc 675 West Peachtree St, Ne, Atlanta, GA 30375, Phone: (404) 927-2692, Fax: (404) 522-7665, Email:
- Hwy 15 & 401 (Lat: 34.536556 Lon: -79.837278), Structure height: 9 m, Call Sign: WPCW361, Licensee ID: L00048089
Assigned Frequencies: 153.305 MHz Grant Date: 07/15/2003, Expiration Date: 08/16/2013
Registrant: Galey & Lord Industries Inc, Po Drawer 157, Society Hill, SC 29593, Phone: (803) 378-4511
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 - 5 Km West (Lat: 34.505444 Lon: -79.903389), Structure height: 152 m, Call Sign: KPK920
Assigned Frequencies: 450.010 MHz Grant Date: 12/22/1988, Expiration Date: 12/01/1995, Cancellation Date: 09/24/2000
Registrant: Atlantic Broadcasting Co, Inc., 106x, Florence, SC 29501
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3 - SOCIETY HILL, Coker Creek Road (Lat: 34.547778 Lon: -79.882778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 70.1 m, Overall height: 74.1 m, Call Sign: WPNI853
Assigned Frequencies: 5945.20 MHz, 6345.49 MHz, 6765.00 MHz, 6286.19 MHz Grant Date: 03/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite #100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
- Rosenwald ES, 508 Church St. (Lat: 34.503056 Lon: -79.851111), Type: Pole, Structure height: 24.4 m, Overall height: 25.3 m, Call Sign: WQFM868
Assigned Frequencies: 23025.0 MHz Grant Date: 08/21/2006, Expiration Date: 08/21/2016, Certifier: Christopher M Brooks
Registrant: Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC, 2101 Rexford Rd Ste 200e, Charlotte, NC 28211, Phone: (704) 936-1777, Fax: (704) 936-1801, Email:
- A0326482, 4 Km Sw (Lat: 34.481111 Lon: -79.860000), Type: Tower, Structure height: 64 m, Call Sign: WQFR833
Assigned Frequencies: 11365.0 MHz, 21825.0 MHz Grant Date: 09/19/2006, Expiration Date: 09/19/2016, Certifier: Christopher M Brooks
Registrant: Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC, 2101 Rexford Rd Ste 200e, Charlotte, NC 28211, Phone: (704) 936-1777, Fax: (704) 936-1801, Email:
FAA Registered Aircraft: 4 - Aircraft: CESSNA 182K (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 119 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 2718Q , Serial Number: 18257918, Year manufactured: 1967, Airworthiness Date: 02/08/1967
Registrant (Corporation): Moree's Enterprises, Po Box 118, Society Hill, SC 29593 - Aircraft: BEECH B35 (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 120 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 5082C , Serial Number: D-2344, Year manufactured: 1950, Airworthiness Date: 01/05/1956
Registrant (Corporation): Automation Accessories Inc, Rr 1 Box 166, Society Hill, SC 29593 - Aircraft: BEECH C90 (Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 9, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 201 mph), Engine: Turbo-prop
N-Number: 67CL , Serial Number: LJ-1154
Registrant (Corporation): Mor LLC, 1127 S Main St, Society Hill, SC 29593 - Aircraft: ROGERS GEORGE T LANCAIR IVP (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: WALTER 601D (724 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 724HP , Serial Number: LIV-077, Year manufactured: 2002, Airworthiness Date: 07/23/2002
Registrant (Individual): George T Rogers, 4798 Hartsville Hwy, Society Hill, SC 29593
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $59,900 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2006 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $51,400 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2005 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $45,550 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2004 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $58,120 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts:
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| Most common first names in Society Hill, SC among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 38 | 65.2 years |
| John | 19 | 68.9 years |
| William | 18 | 69.4 years |
| Annie | 14 | 76.4 years |
| Mary | 14 | 71.4 years |
| Robert | 12 | 71.1 years |
| Willie | 11 | 65.5 years |
| George | 9 | 70.4 years |
| David | 8 | 72.6 years |
| Henry | 7 | 72.6 years |
| Most common last names in Society Hill, SC among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Byrd | 24 | 67.4 years |
| Keith | 20 | 68.1 years |
| Graham | 19 | 69.4 years |
| Chapman | 18 | 69.0 years |
| Gainey | 16 | 68.0 years |
| Gandy | 15 | 77.4 years |
| Dixon | 15 | 72.1 years |
| Smith | 14 | 63.4 years |
| Jackson | 14 | 64.7 years |
| Oneal | 12 | 72.6 years |
Businesses in Society Hill, SC
- Kincaid: 1
- La-Z-Boy: 1
- Lane Furniture: 1
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