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Cowpens, SC

1,840 Population
2.3 square miles 801.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.3 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,703 ±$9,400 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $33,580 ±$673
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,094 ±$12,091 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $64,382 ±$1,716
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.2% ±17.7% (529  ±346) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 15.1% 55,287 (±0.9% / ±3,229)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.4 minutes ±9.9 (17,155  ±4,892) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 25.3 3,963,210 (±0.4 / ±88,581)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

855 ±184 Number of households
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 143,283 ±834
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (1,797  ±456) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 2.6 366,409 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±7% (26  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 5.5% † 4,864 (±0.6% / ±554)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

994 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 157,697 ±108
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,300 ±$58,590 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $225,000 ±$3,370
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±4.4% (155  ±89.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 12.7% 47,232 (±0.9% / ±3,246.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±31.1% (1,363  ±308) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 87.9% 224,195 (±1.5% / ±3,714)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.1% ±4.9% (224  ±92.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.3% 61,939 (±0.7% / ±1,886.5)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.9% ±3.3% (72  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 8.2% 30,683
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±8.2% (156  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 6.7% 19,180 (±0.3% / ±976)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
156 Total veterans ±136 147 Male ±136 9 Female ±10

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