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Union, SC

8,047 Population
8 square miles 1,006.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,533 ±$3,058 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $32,932 ±$772
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$34,112 ±$7,196 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $62,440 ±$1,377
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

26.4% ±5.8% (2,093  ±462) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 15.1% 53,919 (±0.8% / ±2,946)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

26.3 minutes ±2.3 (77,125  ±10,454) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.8 3,822,980 (±0.4 / ±83,533)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

3,987 ±242 Number of households
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 140,344 ±1,020
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2 ±0.1 (7,882  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 2.5 356,616 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

6.2% ±4.7% (105  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,497 (±0.7% / ±569)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

4,458 ±225 Number of housing units
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 154,594 ±73
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$103,400 ±$11,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $207,900 ±$3,554
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

9.1% ±3.8% (724  ±305.1) 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

80.5% ±6.9% (4,764  ±464.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 87.3% 216,721 (±1.5% / ±3,733.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
14.8% ±3.4% (876  ±207.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.8% 61,521 (±0.9% / ±2,121.4)
  • about half 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

0.9% ±0.8% (71  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 7.6% 27,688
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

8.8% ±2.6% (584  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 6.8% 18,903 (±0.4% / ±1,070)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
584 Total veterans ±173 458 Male ±136 126 Female ±88

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