| City: | Lancaster, South Carolina |
| County: | Lancaster County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:59:50 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 803 / 839 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 34.7206, -80.7711 |
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The single street route, N Main St, handles 158 delivery records but uses unit-based addressing typical of commercial buildings. Lancaster's 353 businesses rely on this facility for consistent mail access in the downtown core. The arrangement is common in small South Carolina towns where the post office separates business district PO Box service from residential carrier routes.
The single street reflects a compact downtown business district. N Main St handles all street-based records through unit addressing, typical of multi-tenant commercial buildings rather than individual storefronts.
ZIP Code 29721 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 35 business establishments, employing about 362 people with an annual payroll of $12,623,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 4,995Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 35Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $3,645,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $12,623,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 362Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 29721 is located in Lancaster County, South Carolina, within the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 16740) and South Carolina's 5th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 2,712,818 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 29721. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 16740Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 2,712,818Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 5505.54 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4539895Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Lancaster city; South CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 29721 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.