ZIP code · Chester · South Carolina · United States
ZIP code 29706 — Chester
ZIP code 29706 serves Chester, South Carolina.
- Postal code
- 29706Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Chester
- County
- Chester FIPS 45023
- State
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 34.7149, -81.2186 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 19,181 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 71 / sq mi
- Land area
- 268.4 sq mi (695.2 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $50,141
- Per-capita income
- $27,509
- Median age
- 42.5
- Households
- 7,797
- Housing units
- 8,850
- Median home value
- $142,200
- Median gross rent
- $864 / month
- Congressional district
- SC-5 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 8a (10 to 15 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
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Map of ZIP code 29706
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 90°F), coldest Jan (avg low 30°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 83 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Avg low °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: CHESTER 1 SE (2.5 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 29706
- 18 schools
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 3 supermarkets
- 11 restaurants & cafés
- 9 parks
- 6 playgrounds
- 1 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 70 places of worship
- 9 gas stations
- 2 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page