Greenwood vs Ninety Six

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Ninety Six: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwood has the higher population (22,527 vs 2,635 in Ninety Six). Ninety Six has the higher median household income ($53,438 vs $40,253 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $114,000 in Ninety Six).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Ninety Six
Population	22,527	2,635
Median age	32.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,253	$53,438
Median home value	$123,400	$114,000
Median gross rent	$826	$859
Housing units	9,750	1,071
Homeownership rate	45.8%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Ninety Six
Population	23,269 → 22,527 (-3.2%)	1,918 → 2,635 (+37.4%)
Median household income	$33,699 → $40,253 (+19.4%)	$50,400 → $53,438 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $123,400 (+26.7%)	$90,200 → $114,000 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $826 (+14.9%)	$743 → $859 (+15.6%)

Greenwood

Population

23,26922,527

Median household income

$33,699$40,253

Median home value

$97,400$123,400

Median gross rent

$719$826

Ninety Six

Population

1,9182,635

Median household income

$50,400$53,438

Median home value

$90,200$114,000

Median gross rent

$743$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Ninety Six
Under 5	6.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.7%
18 to 24	17.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.1%
75 and over	9.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Ninety Six
White (non-Hispanic)	38.6%	78.2%
Black or African American	49.4%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Ninety Six
No high school diploma	16.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Ninety Six
Drove alone	82.7%	93.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Ninety Six
1-unit, detached	57.7%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	4.7%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Ninety Six
Poverty rate	25.1%	18.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1966	1951