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 · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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 · 2020–2025
380,857
residents · 2025 · +15.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+43,308
International migration+6,281
Natural change+1,361
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$16.9B2019
$16.7B2020
$18.1B2021
$19.9B2022
$21.6B2023
$23.0B2024
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 · 2016–2025
2562016
2732017
2922018
3092019
3232020
3652021
4392022
4832023
5062024
5232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 10% since 20213,6142021
2,5962022
2,8672023
3,1292024
3,9862025
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 · 2019–2023$56.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Spartanburg?
Spartanburg's economy produced $23.0B in 2024, growing 6.3% year over year — faster 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.