Greenville County, South Carolina

Greenville County has a population of 548,166 and has grown 11.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $299,000, about 3.9 times the county's median household income of $76,932.

Home price
$299,000
Income
$76,932
Population
548,166
Unemployment
4.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$299,000county
Median gross rent$1,262county
Median year homes here were built1992county
Share of homes built before 198035.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented31.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,603county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,339county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,221county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,612county
Home insurance / yr$2,974(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.7(statewide)
Median household income$76,932county
Family health premium / yr$24,280(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,512(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.542(statewide)
Poverty rate10.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home14.4%county
Unemployment rate4.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.7%county
Share of workers employed by government10.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.2%county
Economic output per resident$88,910county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.51%county
Top state income tax5.21%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.92%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.49%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time23.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service7.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1412702county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.1 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station4.8 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.7%county
Traffic deaths42.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0001.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher41.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.0%county
Public schools in the county99county
Public school enrollment84142county
Students per full-time teacher16.1county
Elementary schools56county
Middle schools20county
High schools20county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above5county
Share of local colleges that are public20.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians112county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county8county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.9%county
Frequent mental distress14.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population548,166county
Land area in square miles786county
People per square mile of land697.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores101county
Convenience stores43county
Share living far from a food store28.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.7%county
Population change since 2020+11.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age38.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.7%county
Share of households that are one person28.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States8.7%county
Second languages12.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls59.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents127county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents10county
Households that moved in17,946county
Households that moved away14,902county
Average income of arriving households$74,328county
Average income of departing households$66,092county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes21county
Housing units authorised in the latest year4,947county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings14.7%county
Violent crime rate437(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature60.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation42.6 incounty
Annual snowfall2.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.56 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F32 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing58 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days217 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 2county
Average first fall frostNov 5county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$150county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh14.3¢county
Household electricity use1,013 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.44(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity56.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas38.4%county
Homes heated by propane2.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.6%county
Homes heated by wood0.6%county
Households with broadband92.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk96.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk48.3county
Landslide risk79.2county
Hail risk91.1county
Earthquake risk92.8county
Tornado risk96.6county
Tropical cyclone risk83.0county
Extreme heat risk83.3county
Winter weather risk56.0county
Strong wind risk89.3county
Wildfire risk55.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here1county

Figures marked county are measured for Greenville County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the South Carolina figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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