Spartanburg vs Valley Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Spartanburg and Valley Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spartanburg has the higher population (38,578 vs 7,249 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median household income ($55,671 vs $51,193 in Spartanburg). Valley Falls has the higher median home value ($229,600 vs $185,300 in Spartanburg).

Population, income & housing

	Spartanburg	Valley Falls
Population	38,578	7,249
Median age	35.6 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,193	$55,671
Median home value	$185,300	$229,600
Median gross rent	$1,043	$955
Housing units	17,586	3,067
Homeownership rate	53.4%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spartanburg	Valley Falls
Population	37,424 → 38,578 (+3.1%)	6,656 → 7,249 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$40,053 → $51,193 (+27.8%)	$35,743 → $55,671 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$125,600 → $185,300 (+47.5%)	$153,200 → $229,600 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,043 (+28.8%)	$699 → $955 (+36.6%)

Spartanburg

Population

37,42438,578

Median household income

$40,053$51,193

Median home value

$125,600$185,300

Median gross rent

$810$1,043

Valley Falls

Population

6,6567,249

Median household income

$35,743$55,671

Median home value

$153,200$229,600

Median gross rent

$699$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spartanburg	Valley Falls
Under 5	7.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	8.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	35.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	5.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	5.5%
75 and over	7.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spartanburg	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	46.4%	50.4%
Black or African American	42.1%	34.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spartanburg	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	13.1%	12.1%
High school graduate	29.1%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spartanburg	Valley Falls
Drove alone	77.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	3.1%
Other means	1.9%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spartanburg	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	62.5%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	14.6%
20 or more units	8.0%	22.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Spartanburg	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	24.1%	22.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1969	2003