Aiken, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Aiken, South Carolina, shaded from 230 ft on the west side to 550 ft on the north side
Elevation
550 ft 170 m470 ft 145 m430 ft 130 m350 ft 105 m270 ft 80 m230 ft 70 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Aiken sits at about 480 ft (150 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
480 ft 150 m
most residents: 410–520 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the west side
Highest
550 ft 170 m
on the north side
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside city limits

Aiken spans about 320 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
480 ft150 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
550 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for Aiken
520 ft155 m
Airport (AIK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.2 mi north of the city limits
529 ft161 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Aiken, South Carolina, shaded from 230 ft on the west side to 550 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Population
32,694 2024 est.
Land area
22.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,473 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.5604° N, 81.7196° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Savannah River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Aiken Regional (AIK) 529 ft
ZIP codes 2
29801 29803
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Murphys Estates530 ft
  2. Aiken480 ft
  3. Belvedere460 ft
  4. New Ellenton400 ft
  5. Windsor380 ft
  6. Gloverville320 ft
  7. Graniteville290 ft
  8. Warrenville280 ft
  9. Burnettown260 ft
  10. Clearwater240 ft
  11. Langley240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Poverty Hill430 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.