Aiken and Edgefield Counties offer more than a dozen golf courses, including the Palmetto Golf Club, established in 1892 and ranked among the top ten oldest golf courses in America.
Quality of Life


Aiken and Edgefield counties provide the quintessential Southern experience to their residents, combining gentility, history, and pageantry in an area central to the region. For homeowners and prospective new residents, Aiken and Edgefield provide both quality and value in housing, health care, recreation, and education. 

As many new residents have noticed, life in South Carolina allows them to save more of their wages: living here costs considerably less than the national average in the crucial areas of housing, utilities, transportation, and health care.


Income Aiken County  Edgefield County 
Per Capita Personal Income, 20051 $28,418 $23,157
Median Household Income, 20052 $42,090 $37,263
Golf Courses (Public and Private) Aiken County Edgefield County
Total Number of Courses 17 2
Total Number of Holes 252 36
Hotels Aiken County Edgefield County
Total Number of Rooms 1,300 130

 

Cost of Living Index 2005-20073 (Aiken-Augusta Metropolitan Area)

 

Item  First Quarter 2005  Third Quarter 2006  First Quarter 2007 
Composite (100%)  89.4  90.8  89.9 
Grocery (13%)  100.6  102.7  105.7 
Housing (29%)  71.7  77.9  77.0 
Utilities (10%)  100.9  82.3  80.2 
Transportation (9%)  98.3  91.7  93.6 
Health Care (5%) 94.1 96.0 111.1
Misc. Goods (36%) 93.8 98.1 93.5


1www.sccounties.org
2www.city-data.com/county/
3ACCRA Cost of Living Indes

 

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