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Spartanburg city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Spartanburg city is a Census city of 38,910 people across 20.25 square miles of land, in Spartanburg County. Median household income is $51,964, 53.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 123 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $93.4 m.
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Spartanburg
What Spartanburg is
- Census place typecity
- Land area20.25 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,921
- County holding the largest share of its areaSpartanburg County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Spartanburg
How many people live in Spartanburg
- Population38,910
- Median age36.0
- Population under 188,756
- Share under 1822.5 percent
- Population 65 and over6,716
- Share 65 and over17.3 percent
- Households15,924
- Family households9,071
- Share of households that are families57.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Spartanburg
- Median household income$51,964
- Per capita income$33,214
- Civilian labor force18,086
- Employed16,739
- Unemployed1,347 plus or minus 392
- Unemployment rate7.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over25,540
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Spartanburg
- Housing units17,458
- Occupied units15,924
- Vacant units1,534
- Vacancy rate8.8 percent
- Owner occupied8,577
- Renter occupied7,347
- Ownership rate53.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$203,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,099
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.4 percent
- Single family units11,602
- Share single family66.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,658
- Share in buildings of two or more32.4 percent
- Mobile homes198 plus or minus 100
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Spartanburg gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,114
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,057
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,507
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.2 percent
- Drove alone77.5 percent
- Carpooled11.1 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home6.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Spartanburg borrowers
- Approvals123
- Gross approval$93,399,100
- Average approval$759,342
- Median approval$435,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,000,000
- Largest approval$4,222,000
- Jobs supported1,245
- Jobs per approval10.1
- Loans with a final outcome27
- Paid in full26
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans3.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more26.8 percent
- Share to franchises26.8 percent
- Distinct lenders40
- Distinct industries by NAICS69
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Spartanburg borrowers
- Approvals24
- Gross approval$20,375,000
- Average approval$848,958
- Median approval$729,000
- Largest approval$2,553,000
- Jobs supported268
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Spartanburg County, not Spartanburg
Spartanburg County context, not Spartanburg figures
These are Spartanburg County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Spartanburg measurements.
- Establishments in Spartanburg County7,399
- Employment at those establishments, Spartanburg County150,332
- Covered employment, Spartanburg County155,484
- Average annual pay, Spartanburg County$59,564
- Average weekly wage, Spartanburg County$1,145
- Housing units permitted, Spartanburg County3,129
- Of those, single family, Spartanburg County3,089
- County product, 2024, Spartanburg County$22,979,816,000
- County product change over the prior year, Spartanburg County6.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Spartanburg County$59,513
Every figure in this section is published for Spartanburg County as a whole and is not a measurement of Spartanburg. 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
Spartanburg questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Spartanburg, South Carolina?
38,910, in 15,924 households. Spartanburg city covers 20.25 square miles of land, which is 1,921 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Spartanburg in?
Spartanburg County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Spartanburg?
$51,964. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $203,700. Median gross rent is $1,099 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Spartanburg businesses?
123 7(a) approvals totalling $93.4 m, across 40 lenders, median approval $435,000, plus 24 504 approvals worth $20.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Spartanburg, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Spartanburg borrowers get paid back?
Of the 27 loans that have reached a final outcome, 26 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 3.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Spartanburg figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg.
Is zoning published for Spartanburg?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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