Laurens, SC
Laurens is about forty miles southeast of downtown Greenville on I-385, in Laurens County. Victorian and craftsman houses line the streets off the 1838 courthouse square, and tracts of five to fifty acres are still common county wide. Downtown Greenville is roughly forty minutes, Columbia about seventy. Lake Greenwood is twenty minutes south, and the Capitol Theater sits on the square.
Why people are choosing Laurens.
Laurens is the Upstate's affordable end: a 19th-century courthouse square, brick storefronts coming back to life, and some of the most affordable homes and acreage within an hour of Greenville. I-385 puts downtown Greenville forty minutes away and I-26 puts Columbia at seventy. Buyers come for land, first homes under $250,000 and Lake Greenwood twenty minutes south — and the county is starting to draw the growth Simpsonville and Fountain Inn already have.
Where to look in Laurens.
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Laurens by the numbers.
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What the census reports for Laurens.
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