Cities in area code 854
Which places use area code 854? 64 rate centers in South Carolina, the biggest being Charleston, Hilton Head, Florence. Data below is NANPA's official prefix-to-rate-center mapping.
By numbering footprint the leading localities are Charleston, Hilton Head, Florence, Beaufort, Myrtle Beach, Summerville, Mount Pleasant and Moncks Corner, and 55 smaller communities down to single-prefix localities. Prefix counts track lines in service, so the ranking is a reasonable proxy for where the code's subscribers actually are.
19 of the localities fall within FCC top-100 metropolitan statistical areas; the rest are smaller communities.
64 of these localities are also reachable through other area codes — overlay territory where the same place answers to several codes.
All of the code's territory keeps Eastern time.
Remember that people keep numbers when they relocate, so a 854 number is a where-it-was-issued fact, not a where-they-are fact.
| Locality (rate center) | Active prefixes | Metro area | All codes serving it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | 29 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Hilton Head | 15 | — | 843, 854 |
| Florence | 10 | — | 843, 854 |
| Beaufort | 10 | — | 843, 854 |
| Myrtle Beach | 9 | — | 843, 854 |
| Summerville | 8 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Mount Pleasant | 6 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Moncks Corner | 5 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Walterboro | 4 | — | 843, 854 |
| Bluffton | 3 | — | 843, 854 |
| Ridgeland | 3 | — | 843, 854 |
| Kingstree | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| East Conway | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Dillon | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Saint George | 2 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Laurel Bay | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Marion | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| West Myrtle Beach | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| North Myrtle Beach | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Georgetown | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Mullins | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Hartsville | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Lake View | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Lake City | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Edisto Island | 2 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Isle of Palms | 2 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Lamar | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| Low Country | 2 | — | 843, 854 |
| McClellanville | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Bethune | 1 | Columbia, SC | 843, 854 |
| Pawleys Island | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| McBee | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Hollywood | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Cheraw | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Olanta | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Patrick | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Bonneau | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Pageland | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Nichols | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Pamplico | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Saint Stephen | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Conway | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Hardeeville | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Hemingway | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Scranton | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Jamestown | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Cross | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Macedonia | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Clio | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Johnsonville | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Timmonsville | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Bennettsville | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Awendaw | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Blenheim | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| McColl | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Pineville | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Newtonville | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Darlington | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Folly Beach | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Sullivans Island | 1 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 843, 854 |
| Andrews | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Rowland | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Yemassee | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
| Williams | 1 | — | 843, 854 |
FAQ
What is the biggest city in area code 854?
Charleston holds the most active prefixes (29), making it the code's largest numbering locality.
How many places does 854 cover?
64 rate centers in South Carolina hold active 854 prefixes, from Charleston down to communities with a single prefix.
Does a 854 number guarantee the caller lives in one of these places?
No — the tables show where number blocks were issued. Porting and VoIP let people keep or acquire numbers anywhere.