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Whitney, SC

3,685 Population
3.1 square miles 1,207.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±11.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,262 ±$3,307 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $33,580 ±$673
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$51,275 ±$10,390 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: $64,382 ±$1,716
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

17.6% ±11.4% (644  ±438) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 15.1% 55,287 (±0.9% / ±3,229)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

21.1 minutes ±3.5 (41,340  ±13,429) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 25.3 3,963,210 (±0.4 / ±88,581)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

1,662 ±330 Number of households
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 143,283 ±834
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.2 ±0.2 (3,671  ±770) Persons per household
  • about 90 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

6.4% ±9% (50  ±72) 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)

Housing

1,750 ±329 Number of housing units
  • the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 157,697 ±108
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$157,400 ±$17,217 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

15.7% ±10.7% (566  ±402.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 12.7% 47,232 (±0.9% / ±3,246.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

81.4% ±21.8% (2,216  ±407.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 87.9% 224,195 (±1.5% / ±3,714)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
10.8% ±3.7% (295  ±116.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 24.3% 61,939 (±0.7% / ±1,886.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

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

10.5% ±5.9% (387  ±232) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 8.2% 30,683
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

8.5% ±5.6% (244  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area: 6.7% 19,180 (±0.3% / ±976)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
244 Total veterans ±167 207 Male ±161 37 Female ±56

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