Home Services in McCormick and McCormick County, South Carolina

McCormick County facts

What Home Service Pros work with in McCormick County.

• The houses. McCormick County has about 5,563 homes and 9,701 people; 83.9% of homes are owner occupied, the median home is worth $159,000, and the typical one was built around 1982 (U.S. Census ACS 2019 to 2023). In McCormick itself: about 872 homes, typical year built 1961, median value $88,400.
• Permits. The McCormick County Building Department (864-852-2231), 610 South Mine Street, McCormick. The county requires a permit before any project starts, covering new construction, alterations, additions, repairs, demolitions and manufactured homes; contractors must be state licensed, and the office issues no permits after 4:00 p.m. South Carolina requires a residential builder’s license over $5,000 and a specialty contractor registration over $500.
• Utilities. Electricity from Aiken Electric Cooperative, Little River Electric Cooperative or Dominion Energy, depending on the address.
• The ground. Piedmont hills around Lake Thurmond, about 510 feet up at the town of McCormick; the 2023 USDA map puts its ZIP code in zone 8b. After Helene, FEMA opened a disaster recovery center in the county and the county ran storm debris sites with SCDOT into November 2024.
• Storms. Hurricane Helene, September 26 and 27, 2024: the National Weather Service estimated McCormick County gusts at 90 to 100 mph or more and counted 9 homes destroyed and 33 damaged, with widespread trees and power lines down and large sections of the county without power.
• Termites. The federal termite infestation probability map puts all of Georgia and South Carolina in its "very heavy" zone, the highest level, which is why lenders here ask for a termite letter.
• Towns and areas. McCormick, Parksville, Plum Branch, Savannah Lakes Village, Mount Carmel, Willington, Bordeaux, Clarks Hill.
• Landmarks. Lake Thurmond (about 71,000 acres, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), Savannah Lakes Village, Hickory Knob State Resort Park, Baker Creek State Park and the Dorn Gold Mine.