Newberry, SC

South Carolina · Newberry County

Newberry is a small city in South Carolina with a population of 10,733. Residents earn $47,885 per year, which is 36% below the national average.

3.0 /5.0

B Good

10,733 Population 1,170/sq mi density

$47,885 Median Income $23,029 per capita

$124,600 Home Value $157,499 Zillow

$837 Median Rent 26.4% income on rent

62°F Avg Temperature 310 sunny days/yr

697 Violent Crime/100K 3,929 property/100K

Overall

3.0 / 5.0

Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

Economy

3.0 / 5.0

$47,885 median income, 4.3% unemployment

A+

Affordability

5.0 / 5.0

$124,600 home value, $837/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

697 violent crimes/100K (83% above avg)

C+

Education

2.8 / 5.0

22.7% bachelor's degree or higher

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UFO Sightings

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3 reported haunted locations found near Newberry, SC.

Name	Description
Flag Lake /Molly’s Rock	It's out in the middle of nowhere. Its not really a lake, but one was supposed to be there. The construction workers must have been scared off because of these strange things. On the hill there is a cemetery where something is defiantly wrong. There is a long row of gravestones that all say the people committed suicide. (Twenty years ago) witnesses report they were out there with their girlfriends. They were in an older truck that didn't have any problems. They said that the area around got a...
Newberry College	Keller Hall - The bell tower of this old and no longer used building is said to be haunted by a young woman who, during the Civil War, committed suicide by jumping out of the bell tower when she got the news of her boyfriend's death in battle. There have been reports over the years of screams being heard in the area and also of actual sightings of the woman herself up in the bell tower, watching from above.
Newberry College	Kinard Hall - A ghost is said to haunt the 2nd floor of Newberry's Kinard Hall dormitory. Residents have reported water faucets turning on by themselves, cabinets and drawers that suddenly apen by themselves, as well as windows in some room which will open by themselves.