Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety5#14,910/15,637
Economy5#14,811/15,631
Housing41#8,834/14,977
Health8#14,434/15,609
Healthcare59#6,452/15,650
Environment61#6,031/15,453
Education11#13,919/15,649
Infrastructure16#13,190/15,650
Community55#7,054/15,651
Leisure & amenities35#10,183/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Greenwood, South Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Greenwood County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Mammography screening · high57.0%
96/100South Carolina 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenwood County value
Primary care physicians · high124 /100k
94/100South Carolina 68 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenwood County value
Average commute time · low17.9 min
92/100South Carolina 25.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Social associations · high13.4 /10k
84/100South Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenwood County value
Comfortable days · high30.6%
81/100South Carolina 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGreenwood County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100South Carolina 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGreenwood County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low79.6%
3/100South Carolina 88.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Firearm deaths · high28.8 /100k
3/100South Carolina 18.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGreenwood County value
Suicide rate · high27.4 /100k
6/100South Carolina 16.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGreenwood County value
Median household income · low$41,150
6/100South Carolina $72,507United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Food insecurity · high32.0%
7/100South Carolina 18.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · high15.0%
9/100South Carolina 9.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 23.4% (2020-2024)
−28 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.3% (2015-2019) → 79.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
30.3% (2015-2019) → 21.6% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
18.0% (2015-2019) → 9.8% (2020-2024)
−8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
57.3% (2015-2019) → 50.6% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
22.5% (2015-2019) → 17.6% (2020-2024)
−5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Greenwood, South Carolina improved on 6 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved6

Child poverty−28 points51.0% → 23.4%
Uninsured−8.2 points18.0% → 9.8%
Poverty−8.7 points30.3% → 21.6%
Inequality−0.0540.475 → 0.421
Broadband+11 points68.3% → 79.6%

Declined1

Bachelor's+−5 points22.5% → 17.6%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Greenwood, South Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.1 min2015-2019	17.9 min2020-2024	−3.2 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%2015-2019	17.6%2020-2024	−5 points	Declined	7%
Broadband subscriptions	68.3%2015-2019	79.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	66%
Child poverty rate	51.0%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	−28 points	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.77%2015-2019	0.72%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
High school diploma or higher	82.7%2015-2019	79.8%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	53%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4752015-2019	0.4212020-2024	−0.054	Improved	85%
Median household income	$33,6992015-2019	$41,1502020-2024	+22%	Improved	37%
Poverty rate	30.3%2015-2019	21.6%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Improved	90%
Rent as share of income	34.2%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent-burdened households	57.3%2015-2019	50.6%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Unemployment rate	9.5%2015-2019	8.7%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.0%2015-2019	9.8%2020-2024	−8.2 points	Improved	94%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Greenwood, South Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Greenwood, South Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Greenwood, South Carolina itself moved +5.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

22,536 residents (±33)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+2.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

22,536 residents (±33)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

White37%8,241
Black50%11,227
Hispanic or Latino11%2,454

Education

13,490 residents (±460)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

No high school diploma20%2,723
High school or GED38%5,192
Some college14%1,866

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

8,866 households (±439)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $25k34%3,007
$25k–50k28%2,515
$50k–75k18%1,624
$75k–100k8.2%†725
$100k–150k9.4%834
$150k–200k0.7%†65
$200k or more1.1%†96

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+5.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

8,866 households (±439)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Own43%3,851
Rent57%5,015

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

4,513 households (±407)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $75042%1,892
$750–1,00025%†1,106
$1,000–1,50028%1,247

Home values

3,851 homes (±374)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $150k55%2,115
$150k–250k33%1,262
$250k–400k9.7%†372

Age of homes

9,924 homes (±477)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

2010 or later5.1%†505
2000–20096.4%†638
1980–199921%2,098

Size of homes

9,924 homes (±477)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Studio3.9%†389
1 bedroom9.8%970
2 bedrooms34%3,397

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

8,665 workers (±532)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Drive alone81%7,061
Carpool9.6%†834
Public transit0.2%†14
Walk2.9%†255
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.0%†263
Other2.7%†238

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

8,402 workers (±510)

Greenwood, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under 15 min55%4,648
15–29 min29%2,406
30–44 min6.9%†580

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Greenwood, SC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Greenwood County, the county holding most of Greenwood's residents.

Greenwood County has 1,354 employer establishments, 194 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.85× South Carolina's), with 23,577 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,574. The Census Bureau also counts 4,879 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,354; 4,879 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 194; US 248 · South Carolina 228
Paid employees: 23,577
Average annual pay: $44,574; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Greenwood County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	120	17.2	0.94×About typical	2,920	$16,818	32
Ambulatory health care services	91	13.1	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,389	$59,271	235
Religious organizations	83	11.9	2.15×More than typical	424	$18,953	—
Specialty trade contractors	77	11.1	0.71×Fewer than typical	654	$51,112	301
Limited-service restaurants	62	8.9	1.11×About typical	1,583	$16,338	10
Full-service restaurants	50	7.2	0.93×About typical	1,229	$17,444	17
Gasoline stations	44	6.3	1.95×More than typical	257	$27,957	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	37	5.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	199	$38,915	529
Lessors of real estate	34	4.9	0.40×Fewer than typical	124	$42,677	406
Building equipment contractors	32	4.6	0.76×Fewer than typical	292	$50,034	58
Automotive repair and maintenance	30	4.3	0.86×About typical	149	$40,121	107
Clothing and accessories stores	30	4.3	1.19×About typical	273	$16,385	54

Rank places for an industry Open Greenwood County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 69,634 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $121.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Greenwood, South Carolina: $5.41 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $121.9K; +5.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.41; US $2,007
Sole-source: 11%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.9%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$67.3K55%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$20.5K17%
Department of Veterans Affairs$18.8K15%
Social Security Administration$8,3886.9%
National Institutes of Health$5,3304.4%
Defense Health Agency$1,5851.3%

Top recipients

STUMP GRUNTS LLC$72K59%
PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE INC$20.5K17%
D & D LABORATORY LLC$11.6K9.5%
CAROLINA PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS, INC$8,7957.2%
FRANCONIA REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC.$8,3886.9%

Spending by fiscal year

11.4KFY2017
24.8KFY2018
24.9KFY2019
32.5KFY2020
28.5KFY2021
46.9KFY2022
50.8KFY2023
77.1K

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$72K59%
Junior colleges · 6112$20.5K17%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$8,7957.2%
Offices of real estate agents and brokers · 5312$8,3886.9%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$6,6235.4%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Greenwood, South Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Greenwood, South Carolina's figures are part of those of Greenwood County, SC ($1.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 11% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Greenwood is mostly in Greenwood County.

See federal money in Greenwood County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Greenwood, South Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sheri BiggsR-SC-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Greenwood County37100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Greenwood, SC24

Other cities and towns in Greenwood County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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