Cowpens vs Fairforest

A side-by-side comparison of Cowpens and Fairforest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cowpens has the higher population (2,031 vs 1,711 in Fairforest). Fairforest has the higher median household income ($60,199 vs $37,168 in Cowpens). Fairforest has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $152,700 in Cowpens).

Population, income & housing

	Cowpens	Fairforest
Population	2,031	1,711
Median age	48.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,168	$60,199
Median home value	$152,700	$176,000
Median gross rent	$815	$696
Housing units	1,002	728
Homeownership rate	64.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowpens	Fairforest
Population	1,942 → 2,031 (+4.6%)	1,539 → 1,711 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$26,959 → $37,168 (+37.9%)	$43,298 → $60,199 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $152,700 (+58.2%)	$49,400 → $176,000 (+256.3%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $815 (+35.6%)	$770 → $696 (-9.6%)

Cowpens

Population

1,9422,031

Median household income

$26,959$37,168

Median home value

$96,500$152,700

Median gross rent

$601$815

Fairforest

Population

1,5391,711

Median household income

$43,298$60,199

Median home value

$49,400$176,000

Median gross rent

$770$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowpens	Fairforest
Under 5	5.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	10.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	18.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	20.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	27.9%	10.9%
75 and over	3.4%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowpens	Fairforest
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	64.7%
Black or African American	9.2%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	22.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowpens	Fairforest
No high school diploma	8.9%	28.2%
High school graduate	36.4%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowpens	Fairforest
Drove alone	86.2%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	31.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowpens	Fairforest
1-unit, detached	81.8%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	9.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Cowpens	Fairforest
Poverty rate	31.0%	22.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1973	1980