Spartanburg County, South Carolina (SC)

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• • 216,69385.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 65,41225.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 23,3039.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8,3643.3%Asian alone
  • 5,2022.0%Two or more races
  • 6820.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 810.03%Some other race alone
  • 480.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $195,778

Here:	$195,778
State:	$266,394

Townhouses or other attached units: $125,097

Here:	$125,097
State:	$219,057

In 2-unit structures: $55,098

Here:	$55,098
State:	$275,825

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $228,852

Here:	$228,852
State:	$168,533

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $53,799

Here:	$53,799
State:	$250,122

Mobile homes: $64,962

Here:	$64,962
State:	$72,281

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 16
• Rapes: 48
• Robberies: 127
• Assaults: 714
• Burglaries: 1628
• Thefts: 4479
• Auto thefts: 561

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 10
• Rapes: 69
• Robberies: 152
• Assaults: 722
• Burglaries: 1625
• Thefts: 4687
• Auto thefts: 698

Health of residents in Spartanburg County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

Health of residents in Spartanburg County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,133 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $731 (0.6%)

Area name: Spartanburg, SC MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Spartanburg County is $478 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $558 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $702 a month.

Cities in this county include: Spartanburg, Pauline, Fairmont Mills, Gramling, Fingerville, Boiling Springs, Enoree, Woodruff, Valley Falls, Saxon.

Neighboring counties: Cumberland County, North Carolina , Logan County, Arkansas , Dade County, Georgia , Yell County, Arkansas , Rutherford County, North Carolina , Lumpkin County, Georgia .

Current college students: 11,226
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 21,222 (57.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4,0782010 or later
• 5,4892000 to 2009
• 5,3231990 to 1999
• 2,3491980 to 1989
• 1,3041970 to 1979
• 1,171Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 81.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 100,594
• One, attached: 2,333
• Two: 3,554
• 3 or 4: 3,245
• 5 to 9: 3,731
• 10 to 19: 1,350
• 20 to 49: 3,070
• 50 or more: 1,567
• Mobile homes: 14,556
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 34

Housing units in Spartanburg County with a mortgage: 53,022 (1,137 second mortgage, 3,301 home equity loan, 213 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 34,969

Religion statistics for Spartanburg County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Spartanburg County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• South Carolina Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: February 6, 2020 - February 13, 2020, FEMA Id: 4479, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• South Carolina Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4492, Natural disaster type: Other
• South Carolina Hurricane Irma, Incident Period: September 6, 2017 - September 13, 2017, FEMA Id: 4346, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Hurricane Matthew, Incident Period: October 04, 2016 to October 30, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3378: October 06, 2016, FEMA Id: 3378, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 01, 2015 to October 23, 2015, Emergency Declared EM-3373: October 03, 2015, FEMA Id: 3373, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 01, 2015 to October 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4241: October 05, 2015, FEMA Id: 4241, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Carolina Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: February 10, 2014 to February 19, 2014, Emergency Declared EM-3369: February 12, 2014, FEMA Id: 3369, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• South Carolina Severe Ice Storm, Incident Period: December 15, 2005 to December 16, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1625: January 20, 2006, FEMA Id: 1625, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• South Carolina Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3233: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3233, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Tropical Storm Frances, Incident Period: September 06, 2004 to October 11, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1566: October 07, 2004, FEMA Id: 1566, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.06% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($46,684 average adjusted gross income)

0.02% of residents moved from foreign countries ($150 average AGI)

Spartanburg County:	0.02%
South Carolina average:	0.07%

3.17% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($22,093 average AGI)
2.86% relocated from other states ($24,441 average AGI)

Spartanburg County:	2.86%
South Carolina average:	4.20%

from Greenville County, SC	1.66% ($45,807 average AGI)
from Cherokee County, SC	0.36% ($33,956)
from Union County, SC	0.13% ($41,733)
from Laurens County, SC	0.13% ($29,714)
from Anderson County, SC	0.12% ($40,962)
from Richland County, SC	0.10% ($34,778)
from Mecklenburg County, NC	0.10% ($62,094)

4.87% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($46,155 average adjusted gross income)

0.02% of residents moved to foreign countries ($186 average AGI)

Spartanburg County:	0.02%
South Carolina average:	0.07%

2.74% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($25,118 average AGI)
2.11% relocated to other states ($20,851 average AGI)

Spartanburg County:	2.11%
South Carolina average:	3.18%

to Greenville County, SC	1.32% ($48,235 average AGI)
to Cherokee County, SC	0.30% ($34,990)
to Union County, SC	0.13% ($30,237)
to Anderson County, SC	0.11% ($46,669)
to Mecklenburg County, NC	0.11% ($46,174)
to Laurens County, SC	0.11% ($31,748)
to Charleston County, SC	0.10% ($39,369)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 12.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 5.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Spartanburg County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 57,614 (13,174 living alone), Female householders: 63,642 (19,870 living alone)

• 60,048 spouses (59,594 opposite-sex spouses), 6,824 unmarried partners, (6,630 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 96,583 children (87,501 natural, 3,898 adopted, 5,184 stepchildren), 7,415 grandchildren, 3,377 brothers or sisters, 3,618 parents, 271 foster children, 5,364 other relatives, 7,390 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 7,639

Size of family households: 36,894 2-persons, 19,679 3-persons, 15,898 4-persons, 8,192 5-persons, 2,069 6-persons, 700 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 33,044 1-person, 3,953 2-persons, 387 3-persons, 171 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 205 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons.

44,676 married couples with children.
20,024 single-parent households (4,233 men, 15,791 women).

89.5% of residents of Spartanburg speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (52% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,201,764,000 ($4,548 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $35,967,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $643,138,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $246,886,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,910,000
Federal grants: $253,731,000
Federal procurement contracts: $13,997,000 ($1,466,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $37,102,000 ($5,477,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,797,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $68,668,000
Federal Government insurance: $30,310,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 47.63 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
• 10,3652014 or later
• 3,9842010 to 2013
• 22,7712000 to 2009
• 21,7601990 to 1999
• 18,6011980 to 1989
• 16,5881970 to 1979
• 14,9411960 to 1969
• 10,7781950 to 1959
• 4,2091940 to 1949
• 10,0371939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
• 01 room
• 932 rooms
• 1,6533 rooms
• 8,2404 rooms
• 18,2945 rooms
• 21,1126 rooms
• 14,3677 rooms
• 10,4288 rooms
• 13,8049+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
• 1,3281 room
• 1,2952 rooms
• 3,6233 rooms
• 11,0164 rooms
• 8,1335 rooms
• 4,9756 rooms
• 1,5647 rooms
• 9568 rooms
• 3759+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
• 205no bedroom
• 5151 bedroom
• 12,1802 bedrooms
• 52,4593 bedrooms
• 17,5824 bedrooms
• 5,0505+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
• 1,359no bedroom
• 4,2921 bedroom
• 14,3572 bedrooms
• 11,5663 bedrooms
• 1,5374 bedrooms
• 1545+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Spartanburg County, South Carolina in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Spartanburg County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 2,224no vehicle
• 20,1751 vehicle
• 38,0932 vehicles
• 16,9133 vehicles
• 7,7724 vehicles
• 2,8145+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Spartanburg County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,780no vehicle
• 17,5531 vehicle
• 8,5582 vehicles
• 2,3813 vehicles
• 8134 vehicles
• 1805+ vehicles

85.5% of Spartanburg County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in South Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 200,341
• Other state: 95,206
• Northeast: 19,633
• Midwest: 16,395
• South: 52,092
• West: 7,086

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 6,176
• Number of aged recipients: 554
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 5,622
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,113
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 3,846
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,217
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 2,265
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,807

Spartanburg County on our top lists:

• #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents"
• #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #92 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"
• #92 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"