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Notable location: Colleton County Courthouse (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Shopping Centers: Colleton Square Shopping Center (1), Walterboro Plaza Shopping Center (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Walterboro include: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (A), Saint Judes Episcopal Church (B), Wesley United Methodist Church (C), Edgewood Baptist Church (D), First Baptist Church (E), First Christian Church (F), Bethel Presbyterian Church (G), Bethel United Methodist Church (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Liveoak Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Walterboro include: Hickory Valley Historic District (1), Walterboro Historic District (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction: Colleton Museum (109 Benson Street).
Hotels: Hampton Inn Walterboro (1835 Sniders Highway), Econo Lodge Walterboro (1145 Sniders Highway), Holiday Inn Walterboro- Sc (1286 Sniders Hwy # 53), Holiday Inn (1120 Sniders Hwy), Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites (1834 Sniders Highway), Comfort Inn (1245 Sniders Hwy), Howard Johnson Express Walterb (1286 Sniders Highway), Comfort Inn & Suites (97 Downs Lane), Friendly Motor Court (402 North Jefferies Blvd).
Courts: Colleton County Government - Clerk To Family & Child Support Court (101 Hampton Street), Colleton County Government - Family Court Judge (101 Hampton Street).
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Colleton County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 21.2. This is significantly better than average.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 25.0. This is about average. Closest monitor was 18.8 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Walterboro and their reported violations in the past:
CANAAN LIVING WATERS (Population served: 61, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-01-2004 and JUN-15-2004, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JAN-01-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-11-2004), St Compliance achieved (JUN-15-2004)
- 14 routine major monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Walterboro that have no violations reported:
- BENNETT MHP (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 31.2%
(10.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 54.8% for Black residents, 100.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.4 people | | South Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 66.2% | | Whole state: | 69.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 3.5% | | 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: 0.1% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Walterboro, SC
People in group quarters in Walterboro:
- 127 people in nursing homes
- 71 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Walterboro compared to South Carolina state average:
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in Walterboro (2011 data):
- Bank of Walterboro: Bank Of Walterboro at 1100 North Jefferies Boulevard, branch established on 05/01/1989; Forest Hills Branch at 110 Forest Hills Road, branch established on 03/23/2001. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $16.1 mil, Deposits: $14.2 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Communitycorp
- Enterprise Bank of South Carolina: Walterboro Branch at 1105 N Jefferies, branch established on 03/02/1981; Bells Highway Branch at 776 Bells Highway, branch established on 05/11/1994. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $46.3 mil, Deposits: $38.0 mil, headquarters in Ehrhardt, SC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices
- SCBT National Association: Robertson Boulevard Branch at 600 Robertson Boulevard, branch established on 04/07/1976; North Jeffries Branch at 520 North Jeffries Boulevard, branch established on 01/01/1902. Info updated 02/01/2010: Bank assets: $3,610.6 mil, Deposits: $3,021.6 mil, headquarters in Orangeburg, SC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 86 total offices, Holding Company: Scbt Financial Corporation
- First Federal of South Carolina, FSB: First Federal Of South Carolina, Fsb at 300 Robertson Boulevard, branch established on 01/01/1962. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $1.1 mil, Deposits: $9.8 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year
- Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Walterboro Branch at 202 Eddie Chasteen Drive, branch established on 07/20/1967. Info updated 12/01/2010: Bank assets: $1,070,489.0 mil, Deposits: $811,027.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 6537 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Walterboro Main Branch at 401 Robertson Blvd, branch established on 06/08/1976. Info updated 03/29/2010: Bank assets: $151,545.4 mil, Deposits: $105,623.4 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1795 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Walterboro, South Carolina:
- Econo Lodge, 1057 Sniders Hwy, Walterboro, SC 29488
, Phone: (843) 538-3830
- Carolina Lodge X, 1011 Bells Hwy, Walterboro, SC 29488
, Phone: (843) 538-7708
- Southern Inn, 1306 Bells Hwy, Walterboro, SC 29488
, Phone: (843) 538-2280
- Days Inn, Rt 4 Box 890, Walterboro, SC 29488
, Phone: (843) 538-2933
- Ramada, 1245 Sniders Hwy, Walterboro, SC 29488
, Phone: (843) 538-3487, Fax: (843) 538-3487
- Econo Lodge, 1145 Sniders Hwy, Walterboro, SC 29488
, Phone: (843) 538-3830, Fax: (843) 538-3341
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Walterboro, 1834 Sniders Hwy, Walterboro, SC 29488
, Phone: (843) 538-2700, Fax: (843) 538-6807
- Microtel Inn & Suites, 130 Cane Branch Rd, Walterboro, SC 29488
, Phone: (843) 539-5656, Fax: (843) 539-5657
- 5 other hotels and motels
All 13 fire-safe hotels and motels in Walterboro, South Carolina
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Colleton County South Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Walterboro:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 45.85%
| Here |  | 45.8% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Catholic Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Adherents | 48.8% | 30.2% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| Congregations | 30.1% | 39.8% | 5.4% | 2.2% | 3.2% |
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| Name | Baha'i | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | LDS (Mormon) Church | Episcopal Church | Other |
| Adherents | 2.6% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 4.9% |
| Congregations | - | 2.2% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 14.0% |
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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: 12 | Colleton County: | 3.08 / 10,000 pop. | | South Carolina: | 1.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | Colleton County: | 0.51 / 10,000 pop. | | South Carolina: | 0.85 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 39 | Colleton County: | 10.02 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 27 | Here: | 6.94 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 12.4% | | South Carolina: | 10.6% |
Adult obesity rate: | Colleton County: | 32.3% | | South Carolina: | 29.4% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 11.4% | | State: | 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 |
9 | $24,135 | $32,180 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
9 | $14,962 | $19,949 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
5 | $7,118 | $17,083 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
22 | $60,524 | $33,013 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
8 | $17,358 | $26,037 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
10 | $25,313 | $30,376 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
15 | $32,391 | $25,913 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
5 | $12,786 | $30,686 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
6 | $12,516 | $25,032 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
4 | $8,562 | $25,686 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
7 | $17,311 | $29,676 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $613 |
| Totals for Government |
100 | $232,976 | $27,957 | 1 | $613 |
Walterboro government finances in 2004:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0 ($0.00)
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $303,000 ($52.32)
All Other: $110,000 ($18.99)
- Construction - Water Utilities: $4,331,000 ($747.88)
Regular Highways: $238,000 ($41.10)
Financial Administration: $28,000 ($4.84)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $1,738,000 ($300.12)
Police Protection: $1,432,000 ($247.28)
Regular Highways: $779,000 ($134.52)
Fire Protection: $464,000 ($80.12)
Central Staff Services: $359,000 ($61.99)
Solid Waste Management: $338,000 ($58.37)
Financial Administration: $268,000 ($46.28)
Housing & Community Development: $142,000 ($24.52)
Judicial and Legal Services: $86,000 ($14.85)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $82,000 ($14.16)
Parks & Recreation: $60,000 ($10.36)
General - Other: $37,000 ($6.39)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $673,000 ($116.21)
Housing & Community Development: $670,000 ($115.70)
- General - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $889,000 ($153.51)
All Other: $461,000 ($79.61)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $119,000 ($20.55)
Interest Earnings: $97,000 ($16.75)
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $263,000 ($45.42)
Regular Highways: $69,000 ($11.92)
Water Utilities: $17,000 ($2.94)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $6,999,000 ($1208.60)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $2,287,000 ($394.92)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0 ($0.00)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,614,000 ($278.71)
General Support: $303,000 ($52.32)
- Tax - NEC: $947,000 ($163.53)
Property: $850,000 ($146.78)
Public Utilities: $423,000 ($73.04)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $3,095,000 ($534.45)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
5.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,985 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.71% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($292 average AGI)| Colleton County: | 0.14% | | South Carolina average: | 0.15% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,839 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.99% | | 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 Walterboro:
- WALD (1080 AM; daytime; 3 kW; WALTERBORO, SC; Owner: JACQUELYN COLLIER PEMBROKE)
- WIQB (1050 AM; 25 kW; CONWAY, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WQIZ (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ST. GEORGE, SC; Owner: RADIO PROPERTIES, LLC)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WQTK (950 AM; 10 kW; MONCKS CORNER, SC; Owner: KIRKMAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSCC (730 AM; 5 kW; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WTMA (1250 AM; 5 kW; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WXTC (1390 AM; 5 kW; CHARLESTON, SC)
- WBMQ (630 AM; 5 kW; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Walterboro:
- WJWJ-FM (89.9 FM; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WALI (93.7 FM; WALTERBORO, SC; Owner: HESS COMMUNICATIONS LLC)
- WNKT (107.5 FM; ST. GEORGE, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WJZX (99.7 FM; HOLLYWOOD, SC; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSUY (96.9 FM; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WCSQ (92.5 FM; MONCKS CORNER, SC; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WGFG (105.1 FM; BRANCHVILLE, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WYFH (90.7 FM; NORTH CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WPAL-FM (100.9 FM; RIDGEVILLE, SC; Owner: GRESHAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WMGL (101.7 FM; RAVENEL, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
TV broadcast stations around Walterboro:
- WJWJ-TV (Channel 16; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WCBD-TV (Channel 2; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCSC-TV (Channel 5; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: WCSC, INC.)
- WITV (Channel 7; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WCIV (Channel 4; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: WCIV, LLC)
- WMMP (Channel 36; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: WMMP LICENSEE L.P.)
- WTAT-TV (Channel 24; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: WTAT LICENSEE, LLC)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Walterboro, South Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 37
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 59
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 10
- Fatalities: 46
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 118
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 6
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 Walterboro fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 5
Total length: 15 meters (49ft)
Total costs: $677,000
Total average daily traffic: 46,500
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,936
Total future (year 2028) average daily traffic: 68,430
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Walterboro
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Walterboro, SC
| Most common first names in Walterboro, SC among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 164 | 67.6 years |
| John | 149 | 70.8 years |
| Mary | 131 | 76.0 years |
| William | 129 | 71.0 years |
| Willie | 76 | 69.9 years |
| George | 76 | 71.0 years |
| Robert | 76 | 68.7 years |
| Charles | 66 | 71.1 years |
| Joseph | 61 | 69.6 years |
| Ruth | 56 | 77.6 years |
| Most common last names in Walterboro, SC among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Crosby | 146 | 73.9 years |
| Williams | 122 | 69.1 years |
| Brown | 99 | 70.9 years |
| Smith | 76 | 72.6 years |
| Carter | 66 | 77.2 years |
| Hiott | 61 | 71.7 years |
| Nettles | 55 | 68.0 years |
| Jones | 53 | 72.0 years |
| Johnson | 50 | 69.8 years |
| Craven | 50 | 71.1 years |
| Businesses in Walterboro, SC |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Arby's | 1 | | Microtel | 1 |
| AutoZone | 1 | | Motel 6 | 1 |
| Best Western | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| Burger King | 1 | | Quality | 1 |
| CVS | 1 | | Quiznos | 1 |
| Comfort Inn | 1 | | Ramada | 1 |
| DHL | 1 | | Rite Aid | 1 |
| Dairy Queen | 2 | | Ruby Tuesday | 1 |
| Days Inn | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | Sears | 1 |
| FedEx | 3 | | Sleep Inn | 1 |
| GNC | 1 | | Super 8 | 1 |
| GameStop | 1 | | T-Mobile | 2 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | Taco Bell | 1 |
| Hardee's | 1 | | U-Haul | 4 |
| Holiday Inn | 1 | | UPS | 2 |
| KFC | 2 | | Verizon Wireless | 1 |
| Kincaid | 1 | | Waffle House | 2 |
| La-Z-Boy | 2 | | Walgreens | 1 |
| Lane Furniture | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
| McDonald's | 2 | | | |
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Walterboro on our top lists:
- #39 on the list of "Top 100 least-safe cities (highest city-data.com crime index)"
- #93 on the list of "Top 100 cities with the largest percentage of females (pop. 5,000+)"
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