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Fairforest, SC

1,711 Population
2.1 square miles 818 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,441 ±$6,718 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $32,932 ±$772
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$60,199 ±$20,196 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $62,440 ±$1,377
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

22% ±22.7% (375  ±420) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 15.1% 53,919 (±0.8% / ±2,946)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

18.8 minutes ±7.4 (13,325  ±6,554) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.8 3,822,980 (±0.4 / ±83,533)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

589 ±246 Number of households
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 140,344 ±1,020
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.9 ±0.3 (1,708  ±734) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 2.5 356,616 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

728 ±263 Number of housing units
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 154,594 ±73
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$176,000 ±$109,402 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $207,900 ±$3,554
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

3.1% ±3.6% (53  ±65.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 12.8% 46,238 (±0.9% / ±3,172.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

71.8% ±45% (969  ±375.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 87.3% 216,721 (±1.5% / ±3,733.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
3.4% ±3% (46  ±46) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.8% 61,521 (±0.9% / ±2,121.4)
  • about 10 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

25.4% ±10.8% (435  ±263) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 7.6% 27,688
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

2.5% ±2.6% (35  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 6.8% 18,903 (±0.4% / ±1,070)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
35 Total veterans ±40 35 Male ±40 N/A Female ±14

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