City safety & data profile

SpartanburgSC

Spartanburg, SC is a 38K-resident city in Spartanburg County with a median household income of $51,964.

Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Spartanburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Spartanburg has a population larger than 72% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $203,700, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

38K
Population (place)
Top 28%
By size
$51,964
Median income (place)
$203,700
Median home (place)
23.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Spartanburg

Spartanburg posts a median household income higher than 11% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Spartanburg area.

Bottom 12%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Spartanburg

Where Spartanburg income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$51,964 Bottom 11% higher than 11% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Spartanburg $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in SC

Population among 50 SC places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbia is the largest SC city on this list; Five Forks leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in SC

Median household income among the same 50-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Five Forks posts the highest place-level median income in SC; Columbia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Spartanburg, SC beyond the headline numbers

Spartanburg sits inside Spartanburg County, South Carolina, at roughly 34.95°N, -81.93°W. Population 37,867, $51,964 median household income. Median home value $203,700, median rent $1,099. Poverty rate 23.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Spartanburg, 3.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

23.8% of Spartanburg, SC residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Spartanburg costs roughly 3.9 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 6.8% of Spartanburg workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.8% in Spartanburg, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Spartanburg from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
37,867
Spartanburg · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$51,964
-42% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$203,700
-51% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Spartanburg County): Spartanburg's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
348K+21%
Median Income
$66,234+54%
Median Home Value
$233,300+92%
Poverty Rate
14.5%-19%
Unemployment
4.3%-61%

Economics

Economics indicators for Spartanburg, SC
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,099/mo
Poverty Rate
23.8% +92% vs avg
Unemployment 7.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 32.6%
Work From Home 6.8%
Public Transit 0.9%

Population

White 49%
African American 39.4%
Asian 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
41.7%
Obesity
41%
Short Sleep Duration
40.7%
Physical Inactivity
31.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Diabetes
16.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.5%
Current Smoking
15.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.3%
Binge Drinking
13.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56%
Annual Checkup 80.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
4.8%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
0
★★★
0
★★
1
★
0
Average Rating
3.5/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
PRISMA HEALTH GREER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
SPARTANBURG · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★
SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER
SPARTANBURG · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Spartanburg?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Spartanburg right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet SC-SPARTANBURG · Spartanburg

Spartanburg: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Spartanburg; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse South Carolina state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Spartanburg, SC? ▼
Spartanburg, SC has a population of 37,867 people, located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Spartanburg? ▼
The median household income in Spartanburg, SC is $51,964 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 23.8%.
What is the median home value in Spartanburg? ▼
The median home value in Spartanburg, SC is $203,700. Median rent is $1,099/month.
What are the top health concerns in Spartanburg? ▼
The top health indicators in Spartanburg include High Blood Pressure (41.7%), Obesity (41%), Short Sleep Duration (40.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Spartanburg? ▼
Spartanburg has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Spartanburg? ▼
The median age in Spartanburg, SC is 36 years. 32.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Spartanburg, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside SC (23.8% here).

Ann Arbor, MI 23.8% Schenectady, NY 23.8% Winchester, NV 23.8% Alliance, OH 23.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside SC ($51,964 here).

Spring Lake, NC $51,958 Branson, MO $51,978 McAlester, OK $51,930 Waterbury, CT $51,886

Compare Spartanburg with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Greer, SC 28K Gaffney, SC 13K Five Forks, SC 14K Taylors, SC 22K Simpsonville, SC 21K Wade Hampton, SC 21K Mauldin, SC 25K Greenville, SC 65K
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Using Spartanburg's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Spartanburg area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Spartanburg against South Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore South Carolina

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Spartanburg County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.