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Anderson, SC

29,563 Population
16 square miles 1,846.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,458 ±$1,716 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $38,413 ±$671
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$44,321 ±$2,712 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $69,016 ±$1,036
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

22.3% ±3.4% (6,098  ±928) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 13.1% 120,212 (±0.5% / ±4,744)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

21.5 minutes ±1.4 (268,565  ±22,186) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 24.9 9,918,085 (±0.4 / ±174,190)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

12,122 ±560 Number of households
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 375,603 ±1,808
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.3 ±0.1 (27,251  ±103) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 2.5 920,189 (±0 / ±152)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

4.7% ±1.6% (371  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 5.8% 12,965 (±0.4% / ±866)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

13,565 ±505 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 413,652 ±278
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$199,600 ±$11,403 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $242,700 ±$2,423
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

19.7% ±3.2% (5,780  ±950.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 14.3% 133,661 (±0.5% / ±4,832.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

87.9% ±4.7% (16,540  ±1,041.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 89% 570,994 (±0.9% / ±5,909.1)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
27.3% ±3% (5,141  ±586.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 33.7% 216,297 (±0.6% / ±3,684.4)
  • about 90 percent 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

5.2% ±1.5% (1,540  ±438) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 6.7% 62,842
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7.3% ±1.3% (1,669  ±306) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 7% 51,163 (±0.2% / ±1,623)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
1,669 Total veterans ±306 1,447 Male ±291 222 Female ±107

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