Places/SC/Spartanburg County, SC
County profile

Spartanburg County, SC

United States · GDP 2024
#239 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$23.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
150,332
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
7,399
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
380,857
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
25.1%±0.8%
Poverty rate
14.5%±0.9%
Business applications
5,994 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,112
30.1/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Southern Financial CorporationFinancial Services

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing35%
Retail trade16%
Health care14%
Admin & support13%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
380,857
residents · 2025 · +15.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+43,308
International migration+6,281
Natural change+1,361

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$16.9B
2019
$16.7B
2020
$18.1B
2021
$19.9B
2022
$21.6B
2023
$23.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$233.3k±$3.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±0.6%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$831.7M
3,986 units · 10.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
90.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 99Lightning 97Cold wave 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
256
2016
273
2017
292
2018
309
2019
323
2020
365
2021
439
2022
483
2023
506
2024
523
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
10% since 2021
3,614
2021
2,596
2022
2,867
2023
3,129
2024
3,986
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.0 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
202.4 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
21.1 km
GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$56.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Spartanburg?

Spartanburg's economy produced $23.0B in 2024, growing 6.3% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.