Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety11#821/924
Economy9#842/925
Housing51#458/925
Health22#724/925
Healthcare70#279/923
Environment46#492/917
Education36#591/925
Infrastructure19#747/925
Community46#503/925
Leisure & amenities25#696/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Greenwood, SC micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mammography screening · high56.2%
93/100South Carolina 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · high105 /100k
93/100South Carolina 68 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.51%
84/100South Carolina 0.49%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New homes permitted · high6.0 /1k
82/100South Carolina 8.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Comfortable days · high30.3%
81/100South Carolina 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Social associations · high12.8 /10k
71/100South Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Firearm deaths · high26.8 /100k
7/100South Carolina 18.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Median household income · low$52,860
10/100South Carolina $72,507United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Homicide rate · high8.6 /100k
12/100South Carolina 8.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high25.5 /100k
13/100South Carolina 16.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · low84.2%
13/100South Carolina 88.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Public transit commuters · low0.1%
14/100South Carolina 0.4%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 58% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+57 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child poverty rateImproving
35.9% (2015-2019) → 20.9% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
20.8% (2020 & 2021) → 34.6% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Suicide rateWorsening
15.6 /100k (2021) → 25.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+63%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
55.5 /100k (2021) → 20.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.4% (2015-2019) → 84.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, SC micropolitan area improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 6 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Child poverty−15 points35.9% → 20.9%
Poverty−5.5 points20.8% → 15.2%
Uninsured−4.2 points14.4% → 10.1%
Violent crime−45%587 /100k → 324 /100k
Property crime−46%2,845 /100k → 1,550 /100k

Declined7

Suicides+61%15.8 /100k → 25.5 /100k
Grocery stores−22%2.0 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Gyms−26%0.9 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Homicides+9.4%7.9 /100k → 8.6 /100k
Firearm deaths+6.9%25.1 /100k → 26.8 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Greenwood, SC micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.4 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	+7.2%	Improved	46%
Average commute time	21.4 min2015-2019	21.4 min2020-2024	−0.0 min	Within the margin of error	65%
Average weekly wage	$8492020	$1,0482025	+23%	Improved	51%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Broadband subscriptions	73.4%2015-2019	84.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	69%
Child poverty rate	35.9%2015-2019	20.9%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	99%
Distance to an airport	48 mi2020	48 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	79%
Drug overdose deaths	35.6 /100k2020	20.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−41%	Improved	71%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	46%
Firearm deaths	25.1 /100k2020	26.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6.9%	Declined	37%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−22%	Declined	8%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−26%	Declined	14%
High school diploma or higher	85.2%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	42%
Homicide rate	7.9 /100k2020	8.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.4%	Declined	16%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,6312019	$55,7892024	+25%	Improved	8%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4792015-2019	0.4762020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$42,3362015-2019	$52,8602020-2024	+25%	Improved	38%
New business applications	8.0 /1k2020	11.7 /1k2025	+46%	Improved	50%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+4.4%	Little change	83%
Poverty rate	20.8%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Improved	98%
Property crime rate	2,845 /100k2020	1,550 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	77%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	+0.7%	Little change	69%
Rent as share of income	30.2%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent-burdened households	50.3%2015-2019	48.6%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Restaurants and bars	7.4 /10k2020	7.5 /10k2025	+1.1%	Little change	50%
Suicide rate	15.8 /100k2020	25.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+61%	Declined	5%
Traffic deaths	17.0 /100k2015-2019	19.4 /100k2020-2024	+14%	Declined	38%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	5.2%2025	−1.3 points	Improved	8%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.4%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Improved	97%
Violent crime rate	587 /100k2020	324 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Greenwood, SC micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Greenwood, SC micropolitan area 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, SC micropolitan area itself moved −0.8 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

93,909 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

37,646 households (±598)

Greenwood, SC micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k24%8,859
$25k–50k24%9,161
$50k–75k16%6,187

Homes

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

Owners and renters

37,646 households (±598)

Greenwood, SC micropolitan area
United States share

Own70%26,313
Rent30%11,333

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.9 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

38,694 workers (±986)

Greenwood, SC micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone85%33,043
Carpool7.6%2,928
Public transit0.1%†26

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 no occupation wages for Greenwood, SC micropolitan area.

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.

Greenwood, SC has 1,697 employer establishments, 180 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248), with 28,075 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,083. The Census Bureau also counts 6,680 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,697; 6,680 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 180; US 248
Paid employees: 28,075
Average annual pay: $44,083; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	149	15.8	0.86×About typical	3,189	$16,716	40
Religious organizations	110	11.7	2.10×More than typical	623	$16,939	—
Specialty trade contractors	109	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	773	$50,630	467
Ambulatory health care services	104	11	0.53×Fewer than typical	1,458	$59,824	283
Limited-service restaurants	74	7.9	0.98×About typical	1,744	$16,162	13
Full-service restaurants	64	6.8	0.88×About typical	1,322	$17,530	20
Gasoline stations	58	6.2	1.90×More than typical	365	$26,836	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	48	5.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	243	$39,029	752
Building equipment contractors	43	4.6	0.76×Fewer than typical	368	$50,223	90
Lessors of real estate	40	4.2	0.34×Fewer than typical	134	$41,843	481
General merchandise stores	37	3.9	2.22×More than typical	929	$25,564	33
Automotive repair and maintenance	36	3.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	172	$37,727	157

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 94,216 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.1M on contracts performed in Greenwood, SC micropolitan area: $11.88 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.1M; −27% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11.88; US $1,994
Sole-source: 11%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.8%; US 8.8%

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$602.3K53%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$189.6K17%
Department of Veterans Affairs$171.2K15%
Social Security Administration$75.2K6.6%
National Institutes of Health$49.4K4.4%
Defense Logistics Agency$29.1K2.6%
Defense Health Agency$14.2K1.3%

Top recipients

STUMP GRUNTS LLC$645K57%
PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE INC$189.6K17%
D & D LABORATORY LLC$104K9.2%
CAROLINA PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS, INC$81.4K7.2%
FRANCONIA REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC.$75.2K6.6%

Spending by fiscal year

644.4KFY2017
985.4KFY2018
91.9KFY2019
667.1KFY2020
416.3KFY2021
797.4KFY2022
688.8KFY2023
1.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$645K57%
Junior colleges · 6112$189.6K17%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$81.4K7.2%
Offices of real estate agents and brokers · 5312$75.2K6.6%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$59.4K5.2%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345

Largest awards

HSS MATOC TYPE 3 ALEXANDRIA, GREENWOOD N74WL$1.2M
HELI-1 CORP· Greenwood County, SC· Facilities & utilities· Oct 27, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026· 1202SA24K9318
WHITE HOUSE FORKS INTEGRATED FUELS REDUCTION$645K
STUMP GRUNTS LLC· Greenwood County, SC· Facilities & utilities· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 12444826F0031
SPS WATER TESTING SERVICES$212.6K
D & D LABORATORY LLC· Greenwood County, SC· Facilities & utilities· Sep 8, 2021 – Mar 13, 2026· 36C24621P1601
WATER TESTING AND MONITORING FOR DIALYSIS LOCATIONS$136.9K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $711M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Greenwood, SC micropolitan area: $7,467 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $711M; −1.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,467; US $12,955
Loan face value: $34.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$428.2M60%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$73.9M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$68.2M9.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$36M5.1%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$30.4M4.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$19.1M2.7%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$10.3M1.4%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$6.4M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE INC$20.1M2.8%
GREENWOOD, SC
LANDER UNIVERSITY$12.6M1.8%
GREENWOOD, SC
HOUSING AUTHORITY-THE CITY$7M1.0%
GREENWOOD, SC
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$6.3M0.9%
COLUMBIA, SC
CAROLINA HEALTH CENTERS INC$4.9M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$557.2M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$79.1M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$33M4.6%
Railroad Retirement Board$10.3M1.4%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$8M1.1%

Assistance by fiscal year

653.2MFY2021
611.2MFY2022
656.3MFY2023
686.1MFY2024
724.4MFY2025
711MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Greenwood, SC

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

GreenwoodPrincipal city22,536

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in South Carolina

Areas based in South Carolina, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Greenwood, SC micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Greenwood, SC

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in South Carolina

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought