369,256 people (2024 Census estimate, +12.1% since 2020)
808 square miles of land · 457 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
7 active community water systems list Spartanburg County in the area they serve, reporting 354,086 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SPARTANBURG WATER SYSTEM (SC4210001) surface water · local government · SC4210001 | 166,364 served |
| SJWD MIDDLE TYGER WTP (SC4220006) surface water · local government · SC4220006 | 89,531 served |
| INMAN CAMPOBELLO W/D (4220002) buys surface water · local government · SC4220002 | 41,007 served |
| WOODRUFF ROEBUCK W/D (SC4220007) surface water · local government · SC4220007 | 32,038 served |
| LCF WATER DISTRICT (SC4220010) buys surface water · local government · SC4220010 | 18,152 served |
| SWS-LANDRUM WTP (SC4210003) surface water · local government · SC4210003 | 5,143 served |
| METRO SUBDISTRICT B (SC4220003) buys surface water · local government · SC4220003 | 1,851 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 893 people were held in Spartanburg County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 388 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 888.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
7 school districts have their office in Spartanburg County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $149.3 million — $126.6 million to run schools, about $10,785 per student, plus $15.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $62.9 million local (mostly property tax), $91.3 million state, $20.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $107.2 million.
Spent $190.6 million — $164.9 million to run schools, about $14,110 per student, plus $21 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $76.7 million local (mostly property tax), $93.6 million state, $30.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $23.8 million.
Spent $264.5 million — $124.1 million to run schools, about $11,950 per student, plus $134.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $88.7 million local (mostly property tax), $74.9 million state, $13.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $126.5 million.
Spent $166.3 million — $135.4 million to run schools, about $18,371 per student, plus $17.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $78 million local (mostly property tax), $65.1 million state, $23.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $268 million.
Spent $79 million — $65.3 million to run schools, about $11,970 per student, plus $11.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.6 million local (mostly property tax), $44.5 million state, $16 million federal. Long-term debt: $98.2 million.
Spent $39.9 million — $34.8 million to run schools, about $11,995 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.3 million local (mostly property tax), $22 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $55.5 million — $40.7 million to run schools, about $14,636 per student, plus $13.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.4 million local (mostly property tax), $25.5 million state, $9.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $42 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Spartanburg County about $89.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
643 bridges in Spartanburg County: 334 in good condition, 244 fair, and 65 poor (10.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SC 9 over SC 85 · built 1958 | 27,100 vehicles a day |
| I-26 EB over SC 85 · built 1959 | 24,550 vehicles a day |
| I-26 WB over SC 85 · built 1959 | 24,550 vehicles a day |
| US 221 over CSXT RR · built 1949 | 24,000 vehicles a day |
| US 176 over NS RR · built 1954 | 19,500 vehicles a day |
| US 221 over I-85 · built 1988 | 12,900 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $63.6 million of work in Spartanburg County in fiscal 2025, about $194 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for South Carolina are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Spartanburg County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Spartanburg County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Greenville County (22 mi) · Cherokee County (23 mi) · Polk County, NC (26 mi) · Union County (27 mi) · Laurens County (31 mi) · Rutherford County, NC (33 mi).