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Greenwood County, SC

70,041 Population
455.6 square miles 153.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,880 ±$2,150 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,022 ±$6,192 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.3% ±4.6% (10,890  ±3,053) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.3 minutes ±1.1 (564,640  ±35,520) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

29,298 ±854 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (66,494  ±192) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2% ±1.4% (319  ±230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,962 ±245 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$203,600 ±$20,862 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±4% (8,328  ±2,764.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.3% ±6.7% (41,620  ±3,331.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.3% ±3.9% (12,517  ±1,862.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.2% (2,245  ±774) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.4% ±1.3% (2,953  ±736) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,953 Total veterans ±736 2,867 Male ±712 86 Female ±120

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