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Cowpens, SC

2,031 Population
2.3 square miles 885 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,632 ±$7,194 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $32,932 ±$772
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$37,168 ±$12,814 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $62,440 ±$1,377
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

31% ±16.3% (621  ±354) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 15.1% 53,919 (±0.8% / ±2,946)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

24.9 minutes ±3.2 (18,785  ±5,780) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.8 3,822,980 (±0.4 / ±83,533)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

881 ±192 Number of households
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 140,344 ±1,020
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.1 (1,967  ±439) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 2.5 356,616 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

4.6% ±5.9% (22  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,497 (±0.7% / ±569)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

1,002 ±195 Number of housing units
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 154,594 ±73
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$152,700 ±$46,958 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $207,900 ±$3,554
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

8.5% ±4.5% (170  ±98.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 12.8% 46,238 (±0.9% / ±3,172.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

91.1% ±29% (1,459  ±303.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 87.3% 216,721 (±1.5% / ±3,733.1)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
18.9% ±4% (302  ±96.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.8% 61,521 (±0.9% / ±2,121.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.9% ±3.8% (80  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 7.6% 27,688
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

8.4% ±8.5% (145  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 6.8% 18,903 (±0.4% / ±1,070)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
145 Total veterans ±150 137 Male ±150 8 Female ±10

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