The population of Oconee county is estimated at 76,407. In 2017 there were 780 births and 900 deaths in Oconee county. Oconee county has 12,633 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 10,409 that are owned free and clear and 7,634 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Oconee County filed 32,630 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.5% of all South Carolina filings and 0.022% of the entire nation. Oconee had a combined total federal tax liability of $272,663,000 on earned income of $1,887,531,000. Other notable statistics from Oconee County were 960 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,811,000 and 7,040 charitable contributions valued at $50,864,000. 7,410 filings from Oconee County paid a combined total of $17,552,000 in property taxes and 6,030 filings paid $45,852,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Oconee county had 174 religious congregations with an estimated 42,661 members.
24.2% of the Oconee population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 44% of Oconee County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 2,917 votes.
At $51,087 the median income is 100.8% of the South Carolina average. An estimated 1,498 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Oconee, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Oconee County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,151	Manufacturing
2,920	Retail trade
2,882	Health care and social assistance
1,679	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,672	Accommodation and food services
1,604	Food services and drinking places
1,363	Employment services
1,101	Ambulatory health care services
1,006	Machinery manufacturing
837	Limited-service restaurants
666	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
644	General merchandise stores
608	Food and beverage stores
605	Full-service restaurants
598	Grocery stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.34% in Oconee County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 29676, 29691, 29678, 29672 and 29693).

In 2018 10.77% of listings in Oconee County (averaging across 7 zip codes a sample of which are; 29676, 29672, 29693, 29678 and 29696) dropped their price.

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