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Ware Shoals, SC

2,207 Population
3.3 square miles 673.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,518 ±$5,597 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: $30,922 ±$1,016
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$35,896 ±$5,694 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: $51,044 ±$2,530
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

51.3% ±19% (1,131  ±517) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 16.3% † 14,624 (±1.8% / ±1,574)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

30.2 minutes ±7.8 (19,765  ±7,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 21.9 813,680 (±0.8 / ±36,882)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

791 ±244 Number of households
  • the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 37,306 ±602
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.7 ±1.1 (2,160  ±588) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 2.4 89,323 (±0 / ±144)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

2.3% ±3.1% (7  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,162 (±1.3% / ±277)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

1,044 ±267 Number of housing units
  • the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 43,267 ±71
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$63,600 ±$28,149 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: $162,100 ±$11,647
  • about one-quarter of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

4.7% ±2.8% (93  ±60) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 8.1% † 7,480 (±1% / ±880.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

77.9% ±27.8% (964  ±239.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 88.2% 56,306 (±2.5% / ±1,584)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
9.1% ±3.1% (112  ±48.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 23.9% 15,254 (±1.3% / ±859.1)
  • about one-quarter 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

1% ±1% (22  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 3.4% 3,148
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

4.3% ±2.2% (59  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Greenwood, SC Micro Area: 7.2% 5,262 (±0.7% / ±505)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
59 Total veterans ±34 56 Male ±32 3 Female ±6

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