Scores by category

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

Safety11#819/924
Economy25#696/925
Housing80#183/925
Health21#730/925
Healthcare40#556/923
Environment57#391/917
Education29#653/925
Infrastructure6#866/925
Community46#500/925
Leisure & amenities17#772/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low23.1%
83/100South Carolina 28.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · high50.0%
83/100South Carolina 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.53%
81/100South Carolina 0.49%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Mammography screening · high52.0%
79/100South Carolina 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.0 /10k
78/100South Carolina 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high29.7%
78/100South Carolina 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
4/100South Carolina 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Dentists · low31 /100k
7/100South Carolina 60 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low82 /100k
7/100South Carolina 239 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · high29.6 /100k
7/100South Carolina 20.5 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Child poverty rate · high29.1%
8/100South Carolina 18.1%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Suicide rate · high28.3 /100k
8/100South Carolina 16.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
2% (2021) → 66% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+64 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Suicide rateWorsening
15.2 /100k (2021) → 28.3 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+86%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.4% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
50.5% (2010 & 2021) → 64.5% (2022 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.5 /10k (2020) → 0.3 /10k (2025)
−52%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Traffic deathsWorsening
19.9 /100k (2015-2019) → 29.6 /100k (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k

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, Newberry, SC micropolitan area improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 10 moved within the margin of error and 7 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.

Improved10

Broadband+17 points67.4% → 84.6%
Household income+40%$44,226 → $61,780
Bachelor's++5.2 points17.9% → 23.1%
Violent crime−44%583 /100k → 324 /100k
Overdose deaths−30%29.2 /100k → 20.4 /100k

Declined4

Suicides+70%16.6 /100k → 28.3 /100k
Gyms−52%0.5 /10k → 0.3 /10k
Traffic deaths+49%19.9 /100k → 29.6 /100k
Firearm deaths+21%21.4 /100k → 25.8 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Newberry, SC micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−4.6%	Little change	21%
Average commute time	25.6 min2015-2019	27.2 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	19%
Average weekly wage	$7842020	$9722025	+24%	Improved	57%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Improved	93%
Broadband subscriptions	67.4%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	94%
Child poverty rate	27.0%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Distance to an airport	34 mi2020	34 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	29.2 /100k2020	20.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−30%	Improved	57%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Firearm deaths	21.4 /100k2020	25.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+21%	Declined	24%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−4.6%	Little change	35%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−52%	Declined	3%
High school diploma or higher	82.0%2015-2019	86.8%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	83%
Homicide rate	9.2 /100k2020	8.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.4%	Improved	27%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,0202019	$62,4052024	+30%	Improved	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.4412020-2024	−0.029	Within the margin of error	95%
Median household income	$44,2262015-2019	$61,7802020-2024	+40%	Improved	95%
New business applications	9.8 /1k2020	12.8 /1k2025	+31%	Improved	28%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−4.6%	Little change	58%
Poverty rate	17.6%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Property crime rate	1,832 /100k2020	1,290 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	41%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−2.3%	Little change	44%
Rent as share of income	32.0%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Rent-burdened households	53.2%2015-2019	44.4%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Restaurants and bars	8.5 /10k2020	8.1 /10k2025	−4.6%	Little change	27%
Suicide rate	16.6 /100k2020	28.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+70%	Declined	4%
Traffic deaths	19.9 /100k2015-2019	29.6 /100k2020-2024	+49%	Declined	7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%2020	4.4%2025	−0.5 points	Little change	1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.7%2015-2019	11.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Violent crime rate	583 /100k2020	324 /100k2025	−44%	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 Newberry, SC micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Newberry, 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, Newberry, SC micropolitan area itself moved +1.1 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

38,435 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

15,325 households (±371)

Newberry, SC micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k19%2,988
$25k–50k22%3,376
$50k–75k20%3,032

Homes

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

Owners and renters

15,325 households (±371)

Newberry, SC micropolitan area
United States share

Own73%11,202
Rent27%4,123

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

16,051 workers (±550)

Newberry, SC micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone83%13,329
Carpool8.3%1,326
Public transit0.0%†5

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 Newberry, 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.

Newberry, SC has 781 employer establishments, 201 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248), with 12,402 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,435. The Census Bureau also counts 2,763 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 781; 2,763 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 201; US 248
Paid employees: 12,402
Average annual pay: $45,435; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	59	15.2	0.83×About typical	1,038	$14,976	12
Specialty trade contractors	58	14.9	0.96×About typical	438	$52,068	249
Ambulatory health care services	45	11.6	0.55×Fewer than typical	466	$46,783	99
Religious organizations	42	10.8	1.94×More than typical	132	$15,205	—
Gasoline stations	33	8.5	2.61×More than typical	306	$27,033	—
Full-service restaurants	32	8.2	1.07×About typical	385	$15,706	7
Limited-service restaurants	24	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	610	$14,384	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	24	6.2	0.91×About typical	139	$35,978	299
Building equipment contractors	23	5.9	0.98×About typical	189	$50,497	43
Automotive repair and maintenance	22	5.7	1.12×About typical	84	$41,107	52
Other specialty trade contractors	20	5.1	2.05×More than typical	161	$60,634	90
Lessors of real estate	19	4.9	0.40×Fewer than typical	32	$28,469	189

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 38,931 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 $997.2K on contracts performed in Newberry, SC micropolitan area: $25.21 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $997.2K; +22% vs FY2025
Per resident: $25.21; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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$966.5K97%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$29.2K2.9%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1,5000.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.1MFY2017
702.6KFY2018
707.7KFY2019
190.3KFY2020
344.7KFY2021
874KFY2022
488.6KFY2023
922.9K

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$734.6K74%
Forest nurseries and gathering of forest products · 1132$117.6K12%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$56.1K5.6%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing · 5324$48.1K4.8%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$29.2K2.9%
Automotive repair and maintenance · 8111

Largest awards

PROPOSED PROJECT INCLUDES THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO CULVERTS CROSSING TWO UPPER TRIBUTARIES OF HORSEPENS CRK IN GREENWOOD COUNTY, SC ON THE LONG CANE RANGER DISTRICT. EXISTING STRUCTURES ARE UNDERSIZED AND HAVE FAILED IN THE PAST DUE TO STORM FLOWS. PRO$469.4K
F D RILEY & SONS INC· Newberry County, SC· Construction & real property· Feb 25, 2026 – Feb 25, 2026· 127EAX26C0013
PROPOSED PROJECT INCLUDES ROAD REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE TO FURTHER RECOVER FROM IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE HELENE. THE PROPOSED WORK INCLUDES VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, DEBRIS REMOVAL, ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, ROAD GRADING, DRAINAGE REPAIR, CULVERT REPLACEMENT, AN$265.1K
F D RILEY & SONS INC· Newberry County, SC· Construction & real property· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 12444126F0061
TASK ORDER TO GROW AND DELIVER CONTAINERIZED PINE SEEDLINGS TO TWO DISTRICTS ON THE FRANCIS MARION AND SUMTER NATIONAL FORESTS FOR PLANTING IN FY27.$115.5K
PRT USA INC· Newberry County, SC

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 $289.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Newberry, SC micropolitan area: $7,324 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $289.7M; −9.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,324; US $12,955
Loan face value: $15.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$187.1M65%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$28.6M9.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$27.8M9.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$15.2M5.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$6.6M2.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$6.2M2.1%
20.265 · Carbon Reduction Program$2.5M0.9%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$2.5M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

NEWBERRY COLLEGE$6.5M2.2%
NEWBERRY, SC
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$4.6M1.6%
COLUMBIA, SC
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF NEWBERRY$4.2M1.5%
NEWBERRY, SC
FOREST NANCE APARTMENTS$763.4K0.3%
NEWBERRY, SC
INDIAN HILLS SC LLC$438.9K

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$236.7M82%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$32.6M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$6.5M2.2%
Federal Highway Administration$4.7M1.6%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$4.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

301.7MFY2021
269MFY2022
341.1MFY2023
322.2MFY2024
320MFY2025
289.7MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

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 Newberry, 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.

Newberry CountyCentral county2739,561

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

NewberryPrincipal city10,790

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
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

Improved10

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Newberry, 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 Newberry, 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

Improved10

Declined4

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