Easley South Carolina

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Easley SC is in Pickens County, centrally located between Atlanta and Charlotte NC. Within a two hour drive, these large, metropolitan cities offer all the big city attractions. U.S. Hwy 123 runs through Easley and connects Greenville SC to the east to Clemson to the west. Interstate 85 is 15 miles south of Easley. Asheville N.C. is approximately 80 miles north, and Columbia S.C. is 100 miles south.

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The availability of a wide variety of homes is a strength of Easley SC, in part due to its nearness to Greenville. New homes starting at $160,000 are available within the city limits. Visitors will be impressed by the reasonable housing costs, including taxes and utilities.

The housing mix includes large $500,000 plus homes on a local private golf course and in gated mountain communities, apartment complexes, older homes in established neighborhoods, and attached and detached one-story patio homes. A modern senior retirement center with patio homes to nursing care is in Easley, as well as mini-estates with several acre home sites.

Single-family new house construction building permits:
1996: 85 buildings, average cost: $92,700
1997: 77 buildings, average cost: $122,000
1998: 100 buildings, average cost: $134,700
1999: 187 buildings, average cost: $130,100
2000: 156 buildings, average cost: $140,100
2001: 155 buildings, average cost: $156,700
2002: 167 buildings, average cost: $149,300
2003: 205 buildings, average cost: $140,400
2004: 201 buildings, average cost: $132,900

*This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources.

Manufacturing (23%)is the largest segment of the local economy, with education, health and social services (21.2%) second. There are about 150 manufacturing facilities in Pickens County. The textile industry, long the mainstay for South Carolina, is declining, and as a result, the unemployment rate is higher than the national average for both the state, and Pickens County

The Upstate (10 counties from Anderson SC to Spartanburg SC) area is creating alliances with Clemson and the University of South Carolina in Greenville, and companies such as BMW which has a major auto assembly plant in Greer, to create new research and development oriented jobs. A major industrial park, Pickens Commerce Park between Clemson and Easley is attracting new companies.

The occupation breakdown for the Easley area shows management, professional, and related occupations at 33%. The next highest occupation group is sales and office occupations at 25%. The world's leading Kayak manufacturer, Confluence, is located in Easley. Many residents commute to both Greenville SC, and Clemson for work

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