Census-designated place · Anderson County, South Carolina

Sandy Springs, South Carolina

Sandy Springs is a census-designated place in Anderson County, South Carolina, part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area. It has 1,105 residents. Sandy Springs, South Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 25 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,698 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within South Carolina it ranks #124 of 268 cities and towns. It ranks best on broadband subscriptions (high), mammography screening (high) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on rent as share of income (high), time spent in the emergency room (high) and firearm deaths (high).

25Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,698 of 15,651 cities and towns
South Carolina: #124 of 268 in SC
Population: 1,105 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 384.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 4563655

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety5#14,776/15,637
Economy22#12,236/15,631
Housing14#12,881/14,977
Health22#12,113/15,609
Healthcare34#10,254/15,650
Environment61#6,044/15,453
Education45#8,647/15,649
Infrastructure88#1,855/15,650
Community36#10,084/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,182/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sandy Springs, South Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Anderson 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

Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100South Carolina 88.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Mammography screening · high58.0%
97/100South Carolina 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAnderson County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100South Carolina 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAnderson County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAnderson County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100South Carolina 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAnderson County value
Comfortable days · high30.0%
78/100South Carolina 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAnderson County value

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100South Carolina 31.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Time spent in the emergency room · high246 min
4/100South Carolina 163 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAnderson County value
Firearm deaths · high25.8 /100k
5/100South Carolina 18.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAnderson County value
Child poverty rate · high60.3%
10/100South Carolina 18.1%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Suicide rate · high23.9 /100k
11/100South Carolina 16.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAnderson County value
Drug overdose deaths · high27.7 /100k
12/100South Carolina 22.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAnderson County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
974 (2016-2020) → 1,105 (2020-2024)
+13%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
22.5% (2016-2020) → 83.7% (2020-2024)
+61 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 60.2% (2020-2024)
+60 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
14.5% (2016-2020) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+37 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.240 (2016-2020) → 0.591 (2020-2024)
+146%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Poverty rateWorsening
11.0% (2016-2020) → 32.7% (2020-2024)
+22 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%

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.

There is not enough history to compare Sandy Springs, South Carolina over five years.

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

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sandy Springs, 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.

No place that looked like Sandy Springs, South Carolina five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

1,105 residents (±437)

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

† 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

1,105 residents (±437)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

White58%†639
Black2.5%†28
Hispanic or Latino21%†228

Education

737 residents (±301)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

No high school diploma33%†246
High school or GED17%†128
Some college20%†144

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

388 households (±150)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $25k16%†63
$25k–50k16%†63
$50k–75k25%†98
$75k–100k14%†56
$100k–150k19%†72
$150k–200k1.8%†7
$200k or more7.5%†29

† 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

388 households (±150)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Own74%†289
Rent26%†99

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

86 households (±68)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $75016%†14
$750–1,00044%†38
$1,000–1,50040%†34

Home values

289 homes (±137)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $150k19%†56
$150k–250k15%†42
$250k–400k56%†163

Age of homes

419 homes (±151)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

2010 or later14%†57
2000–200936%†150
1980–199922%†93

Size of homes

419 homes (±151)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms33%†138

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

472 workers (±196)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Drive alone81%†380
Carpool8.7%†41
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.1%†29
Other4.7%†22

† 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

443 workers (±195)

Sandy Springs, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under 15 min30%†135
15–29 min61%†272
30–44 min8.1%†36

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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, 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 Anderson County, the county holding most of Sandy Springs's residents.

Anderson County has 4,160 employer establishments, 194 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.85× South Carolina's), with 71,264 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,865. The Census Bureau also counts 17,251 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,160; 17,251 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 194; US 248 · South Carolina 228
Paid employees: 71,264
Average annual pay: $49,865; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	368	17.2	0.94×About typical	6,892	$18,136	98
Specialty trade contractors	300	14	0.90×About typical	2,053	$54,869	1,335
Ambulatory health care services	299	14	0.67×Fewer than typical	3,160	$66,014	715
Religious organizations	221	10.3	1.86×More than typical	1,477	$21,246	—
Full-service restaurants	170	7.9	1.03×About typical	3,087	$20,251	40
Limited-service restaurants	167	7.8	0.97×About typical	3,354	$16,270	41
Services to buildings and dwellings	137	6.4	0.95×About typical	1,464	$30,323	1,449
Lessors of real estate	134	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	305	$44,098	1,428
Building equipment contractors	122	5.7	0.95×About typical	944	$55,041	322
Gasoline stations	115	5.4	1.66×More than typical	896	$28,684	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	106	4.9	0.98×About typical	573	$45,623	344
Construction of buildings	102	4.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	562	$62,831	619

Rank places for an industry Open Anderson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 214,149 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 $2,251 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Sandy Springs, South Carolina: $2.04 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $2,251; −99% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2.04; US $2,007
Sole-source: 50%; US 30%
Single offer: 20%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$4,148100%

Top recipients

RED LETTER SUPPLY, LLC$4,148100%
TETRAMER TECHNOLOGIES LLC$00.0%
VBASE OIL COMPANY$00.0%
TECHNICAL DATA ANALYSIS, INC.-$1,8970.0%

Spending by fiscal year

29.2KFY2017
5.9KFY2018
35.6KFY2019
48.2KFY2020
7.4KFY2021
40.6KFY2022
28.1KFY2023
106.3K

Top industries (NAICS)

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$1,11650%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$89440%
Rubber product manufacturing · 3262$65429%
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$63128%
Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial fibers manufacturing · 3252$56125%
Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$291

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 Sandy Springs, South Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Sandy Springs, South Carolina's figures are part of those of Anderson County, SC ($9.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Anderson 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.

Sandy Springs, 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.

Anderson County43100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC60

Other cities and towns in Anderson 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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What changed in five years

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