Greenwood County vs Lancaster County

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood County and Lancaster County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lancaster County has the higher population (100,905 vs 69,329 in Greenwood County). Lancaster County has the higher median household income ($74,751 vs $50,635 in Greenwood County). Lancaster County has the higher median home value ($298,100 vs $166,400 in Greenwood County).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood County	Lancaster County
Population	69,329	100,905
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,635	$74,751
Median home value	$166,400	$298,100
Median gross rent	$880	$892
Housing units	31,549	42,696
Homeownership rate	66.2%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood County	Lancaster County
Population	70,411 → 69,329 (-1.5%)	92,308 → 100,905 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$42,336 → $50,635 (+19.6%)	$58,849 → $74,751 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $166,400 (+35.5%)	$199,800 → $298,100 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $880 (+20.1%)	$776 → $892 (+14.9%)

Greenwood County

Population

70,41169,329

Median household income

$42,336$50,635

Median home value

$122,800$166,400

Median gross rent

$733$880

Lancaster County

Population

92,308100,905

Median household income

$58,849$74,751

Median home value

$199,800$298,100

Median gross rent

$776$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood County	Lancaster County
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.5%
75 and over	8.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood County	Lancaster County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	68.2%
Black or African American	31.2%	19.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood County	Lancaster County
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood County	Lancaster County
Drove alone	85.0%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.9%	16.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood County	Lancaster County
1-unit, detached	67.1%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood County	Lancaster County
Poverty rate	17.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1976	1998