Spartanburg vs Woodruff

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

Spartanburg and Woodruff 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 4,337 in Woodruff). Woodruff has the higher median household income ($64,292 vs $51,193 in Spartanburg). Woodruff has the higher median home value ($188,500 vs $185,300 in Spartanburg).

Population, income & housing

	Spartanburg	Woodruff
Population	38,578	4,337
Median age	35.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,193	$64,292
Median home value	$185,300	$188,500
Median gross rent	$1,043	$772
Housing units	17,586	2,199
Homeownership rate	53.4%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spartanburg	Woodruff
Population	37,424 → 38,578 (+3.1%)	4,246 → 4,337 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$40,053 → $51,193 (+27.8%)	$32,295 → $64,292 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$125,600 → $185,300 (+47.5%)	$106,300 → $188,500 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,043 (+28.8%)	$584 → $772 (+32.2%)

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

Woodruff

Population

4,2464,337

Median household income

$32,295$64,292

Median home value

$106,300$188,500

Median gross rent

$584$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spartanburg	Woodruff
Under 5	7.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	17.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.9%
75 and over	7.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spartanburg	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	46.4%	65.0%
Black or African American	42.1%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spartanburg	Woodruff
No high school diploma	13.1%	13.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spartanburg	Woodruff
Drove alone	77.5%	82.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	2.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spartanburg	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	62.5%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	8.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Spartanburg	Woodruff
Poverty rate	24.1%	14.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1969	1963