Greer vs Wade Hampton

A side-by-side comparison of Greer and Wade Hampton: population, income, housing, and more.

Greer and Wade Hampton 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 20,703 in Wade Hampton). Greer has the higher median household income ($80,030 vs $75,522 in Wade Hampton). Wade Hampton has the higher median home value ($293,300 vs $264,300 in Greer).

Population, income & housing

	Greer	Wade Hampton
Population	39,191	20,703
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,030	$75,522
Median home value	$264,300	$293,300
Median gross rent	$1,144	$1,064
Housing units	16,521	9,824
Homeownership rate	72.4%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greer	Wade Hampton
Population	30,854 → 39,191 (+27.0%)	20,906 → 20,703 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$61,744 → $80,030 (+29.6%)	$54,331 → $75,522 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$173,100 → $264,300 (+52.7%)	$185,900 → $293,300 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,144 (+24.8%)	$907 → $1,064 (+17.3%)

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

Wade Hampton

Population

20,90620,703

Median household income

$54,331$75,522

Median home value

$185,900$293,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greer	Wade Hampton
Under 5	6.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.9%
75 and over	5.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greer	Wade Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	76.2%
Black or African American	16.4%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greer	Wade Hampton
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.7%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greer	Wade Hampton
Drove alone	77.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	13.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greer	Wade Hampton
1-unit, detached	70.8%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	10.1%
20 or more units	5.6%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Greer	Wade Hampton
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	2002	1973