Greenwood vs Ware Shoals

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Ware Shoals: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenwood and Ware Shoals 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 2,207 in Ware Shoals). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($40,253 vs $35,896 in Ware Shoals). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $63,600 in Ware Shoals).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Ware Shoals
Population	22,527	2,207
Median age	32.1 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,253	$35,896
Median home value	$123,400	$63,600
Median gross rent	$826	$881
Housing units	9,750	1,044
Homeownership rate	45.8%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Ware Shoals
Population	23,269 → 22,527 (-3.2%)	2,830 → 2,207 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$33,699 → $40,253 (+19.4%)	$38,342 → $35,896 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $123,400 (+26.7%)	$66,900 → $63,600 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $826 (+14.9%)	$679 → $881 (+29.7%)

Greenwood

Population

23,26922,527

Median household income

$33,699$40,253

Median home value

$97,400$123,400

Median gross rent

$719$826

Ware Shoals

Population

2,8302,207

Median household income

$38,342$35,896

Median home value

$66,900$63,600

Median gross rent

$679$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Ware Shoals
Under 5	6.6%	22.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	17.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.9%
75 and over	9.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Ware Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	38.6%	49.7%
Black or African American	49.4%	19.8%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Ware Shoals
No high school diploma	16.6%	22.1%
High school graduate	38.6%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Ware Shoals
Drove alone	82.7%	87.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Ware Shoals
1-unit, detached	57.7%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Ware Shoals
Poverty rate	25.1%	51.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1966	1954