Five Forks vs Greer

A side-by-side comparison of Five Forks and Greer: population, income, housing, and more.

Five Forks and Greer are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greer has the higher population (39,191 vs 19,093 in Five Forks). Five Forks has the higher median household income ($140,668 vs $80,030 in Greer). Five Forks has the higher median home value ($424,600 vs $264,300 in Greer).

Population, income & housing

	Five Forks	Greer
Population	19,093	39,191
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$140,668	$80,030
Median home value	$424,600	$264,300
Median gross rent	$2,139	$1,144
Housing units	6,609	16,521
Homeownership rate	88.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Five Forks	Greer
Population	17,844 → 19,093 (+7.0%)	30,854 → 39,191 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$114,049 → $140,668 (+23.3%)	$61,744 → $80,030 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$300,700 → $424,600 (+41.2%)	$173,100 → $264,300 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,635 → $2,139 (+30.8%)	$917 → $1,144 (+24.8%)

Five Forks

Population

17,84419,093

Median household income

$114,049$140,668

Median home value

$300,700$424,600

Median gross rent

$1,635$2,139

Greer

Population

30,85439,191

Median household income

$61,744$80,030

Median home value

$173,100$264,300

Median gross rent

$917$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Five Forks	Greer
Under 5	5.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	17.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.1%
75 and over	3.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Five Forks	Greer
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	59.0%
Black or African American	8.4%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Five Forks	Greer
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	11.0%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Five Forks	Greer
Drove alone	77.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	13.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Five Forks	Greer
1-unit, detached	91.0%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Five Forks	Greer
Poverty rate	2.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.96	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	2003	2002