Richland County

RICH IN RESOURCES

Named for its expansive, fertile “rich lands,” Richland County is home to a diverse population of 400,000 people. An equally diverse mix of global brands, government, students and educators, entrepreneurs, and military centers create abundant opportunities for job seekers and employers alike. Home to Columbia, the state’s capital, three major interstates, the Region’s main airport, acclaimed educational and cultural institutions, and award-winning hospital systems, Richland County is rich in the resources that fast track growth.

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Area Stats

Average Hourly Wages
$24.29
All Occupations
$16.72
Assemblers and Fabricators
$33.22
Business and Financial Operations Occupations
$39.69
Computer Occupations
$41.53
Engineers
$15.20
Material Moving Workers
$20.81
Metal and Plastic Workers
Population Drive Time
Drive Time Labor Force
30min 315,864
45min 397,290
60min 490,388

35.1 median age: youngest county in the state

Most educated MSA in South Carolina

Wallet Hub, 2017

Finance & Insurance Industry 2.6 X more concentrated than the national average

More than50,600 employed in manufacturing within 60-minutes

Top 6%of all U.S. counties for percentage of population with a Bachelor's degree or higher

Top 5 market for up-and-coming tech talent

Employers

Employers That Call Richland County Home

From live music, dance, and theater with acts like the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul McCartney, and Columbia City Ballet to the fanatic passion of University of South Carolina sports to acclaimed art museums, Riverbanks Zoo, parks, and gardens, Richland County offers an unmatched quality of life.

Five Fun Facts about Richland County

Pineview Industrial Park

Pineview Rd. & Shop Rd., Columbia, SC, 29209

Available Acres: 229 Total Acres: 1,000 Minimum Acres: 5 Largest Single Site: 104 Acres Sales Price Per Acre: $25,000.00

Shop Grove Commerce Park

121 Shop Grove Dr., Columbia, SC, 29209

Available Acres: 43 Total Acres: 104 Minimum Acres: 1 Sales Price Per Acre: $32,000.00

Vista Business Center

500 Taylor Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 48,375 Total SF: 64,500 Lease Price Per SF: $22.75

Carolina Pines & Marthan Rd Site

Carolina Pines & Marthan Rd, Blythewood, SC, 29016

Available Acres: 34.75 Total Acres: 34.75 Minimum Acres: 34.75 Sales Price Per Acre: $45,000.00

Northpoint Industrial Park

NW Quadrant of I-77/US 21 Interchange, Blythewood, SC, 29016

Available Acres: 90.20 Total Acres: 340 Minimum Acres: 13 Largest Single Site: 90.20 Acres Sales Price Per Acre $25,000.00 - $50,000.00

Enterprise Campus at Midlands Tech

151 Powell Road, Columbia, SC, 29203

Available Acres: 86 Total Acres: 132 Minimum Acres: 5 Sales Price Per Acre $30,000.00 - $55,000.00

1122 Lady Street

1122 Lady Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 23,561 Total SF: 147,000 Lease Price Per SF: $20.00 - $22.00

2905 Two Notch Rd

2905 Two Notch Rd, Columbia, SC, 29204

Available SF: 22,722 Total SF: 22,722 Sales Price: $850,000.00 Lease Price Per SF: $4.00 - $6.00

2708 Shop Road

2708 Shop Road, Columbia, SC, 29209

Available SF: 30,475 Total SF: 30,475 Lease Price Per SF: $4.45

Hard Scrabble Road Rail Site

Hardscrabble Rd @ William Hardin, Arcadia Lakes, SC, 29223

Available Acres: 33.46 Total Acres: 33.46 Minimum Acres: 33.46 Sales Price Per Acre: $60,000.00

2340 Broad River Rd

2340 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 29,686 Total SF: 135,675 Lease Price Per SF: $10.00

1400 Pickens Street

1400 Pickens Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 10,000 Total SF: 63,600 Lease Price Per SF: $18.00

120 Research Drive

120 Research Drive, Columbia, SC, 2923

Available SF: 30,497 Total SF: 30,497 Sales Price: $3,500,000.00

Shakespeare Industrial Park

5921-6011 Shakespeare Rd, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available SF: 45,292 Total SF: 98,072 Available Acres: 3.50 Lease Price Per SF: $0.28 - $11.00

1501 Main Street

1501 Main Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 20,669 Total SF: 145,000 Lease Price Per SF: $19.00

1441 Main Street

1441 Main Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 50,663 Total SF: 264,857 Lease Price Per SF: $23.50

I-77 Prezioso Site

I-77 & Hard Scrabble Rd, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available Acres: 42.11 Total Acres: 42.11 Minimum Acres: 42.11 Largest Single Site: 42.11 Acres Sales Price Per Acre: $35,000.00

Crane Creek Development

I-20 & Fairfield Rd Hwy 321, Columbia, SC, 29203

Available Acres: 78 Total Acres: 106 Minimum Acres: 6 Sales Price Per Acre: $30,000.00

Fontaine Business Center I

300 Arbor Lake Drive, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available SF: 51,749 Total SF: 99,544 Lease Price Per SF: $15.75 - $17.25

1121-B Bluff Industrial Boulevard

1121 Bluff Industrial Blvd., Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 33,000 Total SF: 33,000 Total Acres: 4 Lease Price Per SF: $4.25

2000 Carolina Pines Drive

2000 Carolina Pines Dr., Columbia, SC, 29016

Available SF: 146,745 Total SF: 472,180 Lease Price Per SF: $7.50

USC Columbia Innovation Center

1000 Catawba St, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 2,000 Total SF: 62,000

1835 Gervais St

1835 Gervais St, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 2,171 Total SF: 14,340 Lease Price Per SF: $20.00

1331 Elmwood Ave

1331 Elmwood Ave, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 14,887 Total SF: 57,624 Lease Price Per SF: $17.00

7450 Richard Street

7450 Richard Street, Columbia, SC, 29209

Available SF: 122,616 Total SF: 122,616 Sales Price: $10,440,400.00

1556 Main Street

1556 Main Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 10,469 Total SF: 30,500 Lease Price Per SF: $10.00 - $17.25

1333 Main Street

1333 Main Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 17,158 Total SF: 203,307 Lease Price Per SF: $18.00 - $21.50

AC Delco

6416 Fairfield Rd, Arcadia Lakes, SC, 29203

Available SF: 22,400 Total SF: 22,400 Lease Price Per SF: $2.75

7909 Parklane Rd

7909 Parklane Rd, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available SF: 115,108 Total SF: 115,108 Lease Price Per SF: $17.00

1080 Jenkins Brothers Rd

1080 Jenkins Brothers Rd, Blythewood, SC, 29016

Available SF: 314,286 Total SF: 650,000 Lease Price Per SF: $6.95

700 Gervais Street

700 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 19,200 Total SF: 75,245 Lease Price Per SF: $23.00

1281 1st Street South

1281 1st Street South, Columbia, SC, 29209

Available SF: 4,600 Total SF: 29,000 Total Acres: 2.20 Lease Price Per SF: $5.95

916 Rosewood Dr

916 Rosewood Dr., Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 34,722 Total SF: 34,722 Sales Price: $1,250,000.00

Colonial Printing Warehouse

419 Huger St., Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 9,000 Total SF: 17,120 Lease Price Per SF: $4.50

1400 Atlas Rd

1400 Atlas Rd, Columbia, SC, 29209

Available SF: 23,002 Total SF: 23,002

MTC Enterprise Campus Virtual Spec

Crossroads of I-20 and I-77 in Columbia, Columbia, SC, 29203

Available SF: 26,600 Total SF: 26,000

Atrium at Stoneridge

140 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 27,715 Total SF: 108,236 Lease Price Per SF: $18.50

Landmark II

3700 Forest Dr, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 12,033 Total SF: 81,537 Lease Price Per SF: $17.75

First Base Building

2142 Boyce Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 4,094 Total SF: 44,438 Lease Price Per SF: $30.00

1901 Main Street

1901 Main Street, Columbia, SC,

Available SF: 37,379 Total SF: 303,156 Lease Price Per SF: $21.00 - $23.00

1600 Williams Street

1600 Williams Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 81,140 Total SF: 137,153 Total Acres: 3.86 Lease Price Per SF: $17.00

Crown Pointe

1400 Browning Rd, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 2,581 Total SF: 35,838 Lease Price Per SF: $21.00

Farrow Road Site

I-20 & Highway 277, Columbia, SC, 29203

Available Acres: 28.04 Total Acres: 28.04 Sales Price Per Acre: $17,000.00

Dutch Center

810 Dutch Square Blvd, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 9,510 Total SF: 100,059 Lease Price Per SF: $13.75 - $14.75

Fontaine Business Center II

400 Arbor Lake Drive, Columbia, SC, 29233

Available SF: 27,856 Total SF: 73,548 Lease Price Per SF: $15.75 - $17.25

Old Percival Road

Old Percival Road, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available Acres: 16 Total Acres: 16 Minimum Acres: 4 Largest Single Site: 16 Acres Sales Price: $640,000.00

Stoneridge Office Park

220, 240 & 246 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 42,703 Total SF: 185,094 Lease Price Per SF: $18.00 - $19.50

8906 Two Notch Road

8906 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available SF: 42,036 Total SF: 42,036 Sales Price: $3,900,000.00 Lease Price Per SF: $17.50

1241 Assembly Street

1241 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 6,807 Total SF: 10,739 Lease Price Per SF: $22.00

209 Stoneridge Drive

209 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 17,200 Total SF: 17,200 Lease Price Per SF: $18.50

14 Woodcross Drive

14 Woodcross Drive, Columbia, SC, 29212

Available SF: 7,726 Total SF: 7,726 Available Acres: 1.76 Total Acres: 1.76 Sales Price: $690,000.00

823 Gervais Street

823 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 3,200 Total SF: 18,500 Lease Price Per SF: $24.00

Pinnacle Point Center I

1021 Pinnacle Point Drive, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available SF: 16,861 Total SF: 40,400 Lease Price Per SF: $20.00

Tower at 1301 Gervais

1301 Gervais St, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 60,652 Total SF: 298,926 Lease Price Per SF: $19.50 - $22.00

Fontaine Business Center III

200 Arbor Lake Dr., Columbia, SC, 29223

Available SF: 20,679 Total SF: 58,829 Lease Price Per SF: $15.75 - $17.25

Capitol Center

1201 Main St, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 48,589 Total SF: 460,020 Lease Price Per SF: $22.50 - $23.75

Meridian Building

1320 Main St, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 57,394 Total SF: 336,082 Lease Price Per SF: $25.00

1401 Shop Road

1401 Shop Road, Columbia, SC,

Available SF: 265,000 Total SF: 265,000 Lease Price Per SF: $17.00

Capitol Station

1330 Lady St, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 6,300 Total SF: 109,200 Lease Price Per SF: $18.50

1628 Browning Rd.

1628 Browning Rd., Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 31,303 Total SF: 200,000 Lease Price Per SF: $14.50 - $16.50

Landmark IV

3710 Landmark Dr, Columbia, SC, 29204

Available SF: 5,946 Total SF: 69,349 Lease Price Per SF: $17.75

I-20 at Percival and Clemson Rd

I-20 and Percival Rd., Columbia, SC, 29045

Available Acres: 79 Total Acres: 79 Minimum Acres: 79 Largest Single Site: 79 Acres Sales Price: $2,600,000.00

Carolina Pines Industrial Park

Carolina Pines Dr., Blythewood, SC, 29016

Available Acres: 53 Total Acres: 312.20 Minimum Acres: 10 Largest Single Site: 27 Acres Sales Price Per Acre: $25,000.00 Sales Price: $1,500,000.00

Landmark I

3600 Forest Dr., Columbia, SC, 29204

Available SF: 8,182 Total SF: 70,704 Lease Price Per SF: $17.75

7 Technology Circle

7 Technology Circle, Columbia, SC, 29203

Available SF: 21,295 Total SF: 88,000

Center Point II

100 Center Point Circle, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 81,000 Total SF: 81,997 Lease Price Per SF: $20.00 - $22.00

221 Dawson Road

221 Dawson Road, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available SF: 20,948 Total SF: 40,058 Lease Price Per SF: $15.00

First Citizens Building

1230 Main St, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 11,388 Total SF: 164,830 Lease Price Per SF: $25.00

1140 Northpoint Boulevard

1140 Northpoint Boulevard, Blythewood, SC, 29016

Available SF: 24,000 Total SF: 112,975 Lease Price Per SF: $4.50

Shop Grove Commerce Park Spec Building #4

Ranger Point Drive, Columbia, SC, 29209

Available SF: 33,000 Total SF: 105,600

Pineview Trade Center

1669 Longwood Road, Columbia, SC, 29209

Available SF: 351,540 Total SF: 351,540

925 Gervais St & 1217 Park St

925 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC, 29078

Available SF: 12,710 Total SF: 12,710

Northpoint Access 77 Spec Building

NW Quadrant of I-77/US 21 Interchange, Blythewood, SC, 29016

Available SF: 210,600 Total SF: 210,660

37.5 Acres on Farrow Rd

Farrow Rd & Hobart Rd, Blythewood, SC, 29016

Available Acres: 37.50 Total Acres: 37.50 Minimum Acres: 37.50 Largest Single Site: 37.50 Acres Sales Price Per Acre: $60,000.00

1312 Gadsden Street

1312 Gadsden Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 19,328 Total SF: 19,328

1200 Colonial Life Blvd

1200 Colonial Life Blvd, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 29,000 Total SF: 65,000 Lease Price Per SF: $19.00 - $21.00

151 Westpark Boulevard

151 Westpark Boulevard, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 49,540 Total SF: 49,540 Sales Price: $5,000,000.00 Lease Price Per SF: $18.00

Lightwood Industrial Park

I-20 and Farrow Road, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available Acres: 113.10 Total Acres: 113.10

1501 Lady Street

1501 Lady Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 128,333 Total SF: 128,333 Total Acres: 1.60 Sales Price: $22,800,000.00

400 Laurel Street

400 Laurel Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 172,723 Total SF: 172,723 Total Acres: 6.27 Lease Price Per SF: $17.00

1021 Ponderosa Point

1021 Ponderosa Point Drive, Columbia, SC, 29203

Available SF: 4,230 Total SF: 4,230 Available Acres: 3.22 Total Acres: 3.22 Minimum Acres: 3.22 Lease Price Per SF: $7.75

Site on Pineview Road

Pineview Road, Columbia, SC,

Available Acres: 3 Total Acres: 3 Minimum Acres: 3 Sales Price: $245,000.00

Congaree Building

508 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Total SF: 32,964 Lease Price Per SF: $22.50

1001 Pinnacle Point Drive

1001 Pinnacle Point Drive, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available SF: 32,034 Total SF: 55,315 Lease Price Per SF: $20.50

3400 Forest Drive

3400 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC, 29204

Available SF: 67,269 Total SF: 233,244 Total Acres: 19.45 Lease Price Per SF: $16.50

2110 N Beltline Blvd

2110 N Beltline Blvd, Columbia, SC, 29204

Available SF: 7,586 Total SF: 7,586 Lease Price Per SF: $18.00

170 Pontiac Business Center Drive

170 Pontiac Business Center Drive, Elgin, SC, 29045

Available SF: 10,591 Total SF: 30,597 Total Acres: 3 Lease Price Per SF: $3.95

Center Point I

2000 Center Point Rd, Columbia, SC, 29210

Available SF: 5,000 Total SF: 72,306 Lease Price Per SF: $20.00 - $22.00

2221 Devine Street

2221 Devine Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 96,573 Total SF: 96,753

132 Westpark Boulevard

132 Westpark Boulevard, Columbia, SC, 292010

Available SF: 5,060 Total SF: 36,750 Lease Price Per SF: $16.50 - $17.75

1416 Atlas Road

1416 Atlas Road, Columbia, SC, 29209

Available SF: 23,295 Total SF: 23,295 Available Acres: 22.13 Total Acres: 22.13

565 Spears Creek Church Road

565 Spears Creek Church Road, Elgin, SC, 29045

Available SF: 146,483 Total SF: 146,483 Lease Price Per SF: $14.00

WestLawn At BullStreet

Pickens Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 33,600 Total SF: 75,000

7499 Parklane Road

7499 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC, 29223

Available SF: 12,516 Total SF: 47,810 Total Acres: 5.25 Lease Price Per SF: $15.50 - $16.50

2414 Devine Street

2414 Devin Street, Columbia, SC, 29205

Available SF: 4,000 Total SF: 4,000 Sales Price: $865,000.00 Lease Price Per SF: $22.00 - $26.00

Synovus Building

1221 Main Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 19,527 Total SF: 204,000 Lease Price Per SF: $28.00 - $33.00

1213 Lady Street

1213 Lady Street, Columbia, SC, 29201

Available SF: 4,850 Total SF: 20,500 Lease Price Per SF: $18.00

3321 Forest Drive

3321 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC, 29204

Available SF: 5,947 Total SF: 15,000 Lease Price Per SF: $18.00

20/21 Business Center

400 Northeast Drive, Columbia, SC, 29203

Available SF: 6,700 Total SF: 6,700 Total Acres: 3 Lease Price Per SF: $12.00 - $12.50

1261 1st Street South

1261 1st Street South, Columbia, SC, 29209

Total SF: 28,000 Available Acres: 2.02 Total Acres: 2.02 Sales Price: $2,900,000.00