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Capitol View, South Carolina.

A community in Richland County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Richland County’s.

Living in Capitol View, Richland County, South Carolina

Capitol View, in Richland County, had 4,653 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $46,645 a year and half less, against $63,784 across Richland County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 46% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 54% are rented. Unemployment in Richland County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then schools and health care.

People 4,653 in the 2020 census
Household income $46,645 the median, give or take $6,091 · Richland County: $63,784
Unemployment 4.5% Richland County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes 46% lived in by their owners; 54% rented
  • 1,962households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute
  • 5%work from home

What residents work in

  • Shops (retail)21%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Other services14%
  • Professional and business services7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Richland County had 229,383 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 57° and 37°; warmest in July, 93° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 57° 37° F M A M J J 93° 73° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 57° and 37°; warmest in July, 93° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 57° 37° F M A M J J 93° 73° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 37°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 73°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Columbia Owens Dwtn Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Richland County

  1. University of South Carolina-ColumbiaUniversity or college7,939
  2. Richland 01 SchoolsSchool district4,436FTE
  3. Richland 02 SchoolsSchool district4,237FTE
  4. SC Department of TransportationTransportation safety programs, government3,939
  5. Defender ServicesFacilities support services3,487
  6. Prisma Health Richland HospitalGeneral hospital3,381FTE
  7. Lexington 05 SchoolsSchool district3,247FTE
  8. Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs2,607

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 283 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 49,086 people in all across the county; Capitol View has one of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningRelatively high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  5. Strong windRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Capitol View’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Richland County.