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Fountain Inn city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Fountain Inn city is a Census city of 12,020 people across 8.60 square miles of land, lying across Greenville County and Laurens County. Median household income is $73,585, 75.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 22 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.2 m.
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Fountain Inn
What Fountain Inn is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.6 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,398
- County holding the largest share of its areaGreenville County, 79.5 percent
- Counties this place lies inGreenville County 79.5 percent, Laurens County 20.5 percent
Fountain Inn city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Fountain Inn
- Population12,020
- Median age35.2
- Population under 183,322
- Share under 1827.6 percent
- Population 65 and over1,369 plus or minus 281
- Share 65 and over11.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Households4,570
- Family households3,374
- Share of households that are families73.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Fountain Inn
- Median household income$73,585
- Per capita income$35,254
- Civilian labor force6,506
- Employed6,203
- Unemployed303 plus or minus 241
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over8,037
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.2 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fountain Inn
- Housing units4,803
- Occupied units4,570
- Vacant units233 plus or minus 170
- Vacancy rate4.9 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied3,433
- Renter occupied1,137 plus or minus 340
- Ownership rate75.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$275,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,184
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.3 percent
- Single family units3,717
- Share single family77.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more907 plus or minus 323
- Share in buildings of two or more18.9 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes179 plus or minus 121
- Median year structure built2000
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fountain Inn gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,121
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,623 plus or minus 363
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.7 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,418 plus or minus 413
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.7 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Drove alone75.5 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.1 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home15.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fountain Inn
SBA loans in Fountain Inn (7(a))
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$11,248,600
- Average approval$511,300
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,535,000
- Largest approval$3,114,000
- Jobs supported164
- Jobs per approval7.5
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full8
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.6 percent
- Share to franchises4.5 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS17
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Fountain Inn (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$8,410,000
- Average approval$2,803,333
- Median approval$2,632,000
- Largest approval$4,574,000
- Jobs supported55
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Greenville County, not Fountain Inn
Greenville County context, not Fountain Inn figures
These are Greenville County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fountain Inn measurements.
- Establishments in Greenville County15,493
- Employment at those establishments, Greenville County266,065
- Covered employment, Greenville County296,981
- Average annual pay, Greenville County$63,216
- Average weekly wage, Greenville County$1,216
- Housing units permitted, Greenville County5,575
- Of those, single family, Greenville County4,993
- County product, 2024, Greenville County$48,737,518,000
- County product change over the prior year, Greenville County7.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Greenville County$79,311
Every figure in this section is published for Greenville County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fountain Inn. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fountain Inn questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fountain Inn, South Carolina?
12,020, in 4,570 households. Fountain Inn city covers 8.60 square miles of land, which is 1,398 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fountain Inn in?
Fountain Inn lies in more than one. By area it is 79.5 percent in Greenville County, 20.5 percent in Laurens County. This page sits under Greenville County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Fountain Inn?
$73,585. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $275,300. Median gross rent is $1,184 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fountain Inn businesses?
22 7(a) approvals totalling $11.2 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $8.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fountain Inn, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fountain Inn borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fountain Inn. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Fountain Inn figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Greenville County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fountain Inn.
Is zoning published for Fountain Inn?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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