# South Carolina Senior Housing & Health Data
South Carolina has 629 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 22,506 elderly units, of which 425 are rural and 430 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 629
- Elderly units: 22,506
- HUD Section 202: 56 properties (4,256 units)
- USDA Section 515: 295 properties (11,163 units)
- Rural properties: 425 across 39 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 430 (14,428 units)
- Population 65+: 963,569 (est. 337,526 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/SC