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Spartanburg Apartments for Rent

Total population: 39,584 (All urban)

Spartanburg, South Carolina Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 17,712 (15,949 occupied: 7,952 owner occupied, 7,997 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	50%
State:	28%

Housing density: 925 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $205,422.

Median contract rent in 2007: $425 (lower quartile is $258, upper quartile is $581)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $483

Median gross rent in Spartanburg, SC in 2007: $526

Housing units in Spartanburg with a mortgage: 4,949 (880 second mortgage, 600 home equity loan, 32 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,546

Spartanburg,SC index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $110,406 (it was $84,100 in 2000)

Spartanburg:	$110,406
South Carolina:	$133,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $67,023 - $158,688

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $158,975
Here: $158,975
State: $214,820

Townhouses or other attached units: $120,795
Here: $120,795
State: $195,928

In 2-unit structures: $83,160
Here: $83,160
State: $168,372

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $43,400
Here: $43,400
State: $191,807

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $57,972
Here: $57,972
State: $198,924

Mobile homes: $51,801
Here: $51,801
State: $45,713

Household type by relationship

Households: 36,965

In family households: 29,905 (5,435 male householders, 4,346 female householders)
5,573 spouses, 10,874 children (10,116 natural, 161 adopted, 597 stepchildren), 1,168 grandchildren, 555 brothers or sisters, 314 parents, 716 other relatives, 924 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 7,060 (2,314 male householders (1,865 living alone)), 3,840 female householders (3,517 living alone)), 906 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,442 (423 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,299 2-persons, 2,456 3-persons, 1,783 4-persons, 769 5-persons, 301 6-persons, 173 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,382 1-person, 681 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

3,877 married couples with children.
4,590 single-parent households (437 men, 4,153 women).

94.4% of residents of Spartanburg speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 37% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (51% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 1,301 (3.3%)
(50.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Spartanburg, South Carolina:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 25 3 rooms: 120 4 rooms: 603 5 rooms: 1,815 6 rooms: 1,991 7 rooms: 1,568 8 rooms: 909 9 or more rooms: 921

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Spartanburg, South Carolina:
	1 room: 155 2 rooms: 747 3 rooms: 1,689 4 rooms: 2,432 5 rooms: 1,764 6 rooms: 840 7 rooms: 232 8 rooms: 88 9 or more rooms: 50

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 42
1995 to 1998: 427
1990 to 1994: 495
1980 to 1989: 2,112
1970 to 1979: 3,570
1960 to 1969: 3,712
1950 to 1959: 3,000
1940 to 1949: 2,160
1939 or earlier: 2,194

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Spartanburg:
	no bedroom: 6 1 bedroom: 129 2 bedrooms: 1,918 3 bedrooms: 4,256 4 bedrooms: 1,363 5 or more bedrooms: 280

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Spartanburg:
	no bedroom: 269 1 bedroom: 2,254 2 bedrooms: 3,581 3 bedrooms: 1,569 4 bedrooms: 288 5 or more bedrooms: 36

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Spartanburg in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 385 1 vehicle: 2,741 2 vehicles: 3,269 3 vehicles: 1,090 4 vehicles: 346 5 or more vehicles: 121

Cars and other vehicles available in Spartanburg in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,664 1 vehicle: 3,676 2 vehicles: 1,344 3 vehicles: 270 4 vehicles: 26 5 or more vehicles: 17

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Spartanburg, SC:

Less than $10,000: 30
$10,000 to $14,999: 21
$15,000 to $19,999: 34
$20,000 to $24,999: 90
$25,000 to $29,999: 71
$30,000 to $34,999: 63
$35,000 to $39,999: 64
$40,000 to $49,999: 257
$50,000 to $59,999: 446
$60,000 to $69,999: 527
$70,000 to $79,999: 609
$80,000 to $89,999: 587
$90,000 to $99,999: 613
$100,000 to $124,999: 1244
$125,000 to $149,999: 897
$150,000 to $174,999: 638
$175,000 to $199,999: 414
$200,000 to $249,999: 451
$250,000 to $299,999: 237
$300,000 to $399,999: 279
$400,000 to $499,999: 131
$500,000 to $749,999: 150
$750,000 to $999,999: 42
$1,000,000 or more: 40

Spartanburg rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Spartanburg:

Less than $100: 638 people
$100 to $149: 411
$150 to $199: 454
$200 to $249: 466
$250 to $299: 489
$300 to $349: 497
$350 to $399: 596
$400 to $449: 553
$450 to $499: 708
$500 to $549: 681
$550 to $599: 590
$600 to $649: 511
$650 to $699: 342
$700 to $749: 181
$750 to $799: 143
$800 to $899: 141
$900 to $999: 91
$1,000 to $1,249: 68
$1,250 to $1,499: 56
$1,500 to $1,999: 31
$2,000 or more: 35
No cash rent: 286

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 361 1990 to 1994: 186 1985 to 1989: 171 1980 to 1984: 81 1975 to 1979: 85 1970 to 1974: 109 1970 to 1974: 116 1965 to 1969: 192

Spartanburg, SC Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.8%
Number of people working at home: 376 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 475
5 to 9 minutes: 2371
10 to 14 minutes: 3243
15 to 19 minutes: 3921
20 to 24 minutes: 2169
25 to 29 minutes: 540
30 to 34 minutes: 1301
35 to 39 minutes: 210
40 to 44 minutes: 257
45 to 59 minutes: 505
60 to 89 minutes: 296
90 or more minutes: 231

Spartanburg mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 11,994 (75%)
Carpooled: 2,384 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 334 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
Taxi: 90 (1%)
Motorcycle: 23 (0%)
Bicycle: 21 (0%)
Walked: 560 (4%)
Other means: 108 (1%)
Worked at home: 376 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3043
$10,000 to $14,999: 1370
$15,000 to $19,999: 1334
$20,000 to $24,999: 1351
$25,000 to $29,999: 1117
$30,000 to $34,999: 1004
$35,000 to $39,999: 876
$40,000 to $44,999: 849
$45,000 to $49,999: 716
$50,000 to $59,999: 1007
$60,000 to $74,999: 1130
$75,000 to $99,999: 1020
$100,000 to $124,999: 428
$125,000 to $149,999: 129
$150,000 to $199,999: 223
$200,000 or more: 338

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 17650

United States or American: 3393

English: 2266

Irish: 1338

German: 1318

Scotch-Irish: 1190

Scottish: 534

Italian: 528

Subsaharan African:: 350

African: 305

European: 240

French (except Basque): 205

Polish: 164

French Canadian: 144

British: 127

Welsh: 104

Dutch: 95

Russian: 93

Norwegian: 91

Canadian: 71

Arab:: 67

Hungarian: 63

Greek: 47

Swedish: 47

Danish: 41

Portuguese: 41

Swiss: 40

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 40

Austrian: 32

Other Subsaharan African: 31

Lebanese: 29

Ukrainian: 27

Northern European: 23

Scandinavian: 20

Czechoslovakian: 18

Egyptian: 18

Cypriot: 17

West Indian: 16

Arab/Arabic: 16

Icelander: 14

Bahamian: 14

Croatian: 13

Lithuanian: 11

Estonian: 11

Liberian: 10

Slovak: 10

Jamaican: 10

Romanian: 9

Czech: 5

Nigerian: 4

Brazilian: 4

Eastern European: 4

Palestinian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (12%)
Philippines (9%)
India (8%)
Canada (6%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Nicaragua (5%)
Germany (5%)

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

This state: 28336
Northeast: 2379
Midwest: 1285
South: 5467
West: 509

52% of Spartanburg residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in South Carolina.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 150
Nursery to 4th grade: 56
5th and 6th grade: 317
7th and 8th grade: 467
9th grade: 434
10th grade: 534
11th grade: 508
12th grade, no diploma: 299
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,526
Less than 1 year of college: 378
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,276
Associate degree: 490
Bachelor's degree: 1,972
Master's degree: 566
Professional school degree: 382
Doctorate degree: 285

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 196
Nursery to 4th grade: 111
5th and 6th grade: 336
7th and 8th grade: 780
9th grade: 561
10th grade: 773
11th grade: 814
12th grade, no diploma: 566
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,437
Less than 1 year of college: 882
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,833
Associate degree: 788
Bachelor's degree: 1,898
Master's degree: 1,073
Professional school degree: 169
Doctorate degree: 155

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.6%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $43,061
Black householders: $19,918
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $31,325
Asian householders: $54,733
Some other race householders: $31,205
Two or more races householders: $33,596
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $17,902

Spartanburg household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Spartanburg household income for Black householders

Spartanburg household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Spartanburg household income for Asian householders

Spartanburg household income for Some other race householders

Spartanburg household income for Two or more races householders

Spartanburg household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Spartanburg marital status for males

Spartanburg marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $136,662
Black or African American householders: $78,899
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $97,146
Asian householders: $103,579
Some other race householders: $72,203
Two or more races householders: $94,127
Hispanic or Latino householders: $142,175

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 10,537
One, attached: 482
Two: 1,234
3 or 4: 1,580
5 to 9: 1,672
10 to 19: 597
20 to 49: 322
50 or more: 1,127
Mobile homes: 155
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $79,353

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Spartanburg:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (63%) Electricity (27%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (48%) Electricity (42%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 240

Here:	5.0%
South Carolina:	9.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 87

Here:	4.0%
South Carolina:	8.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,481

Here:	61.1%
South Carolina:	20.3%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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