Spartanburg, South Carolina

Spartanburg population, 2020 to 2024

Spartanburg added 1,002 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +326. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 43rd; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Spartanburg is 2.8 times that size.

Spartanburg covers 20.25 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,956 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Spartanburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Spartanburg is in

All of Spartanburg's residents live in Spartanburg County, which had 369,256 residents in 2024. Spartanburg holds 10.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Spartanburg

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Spartanburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29301, 29302, 29306, 29307. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Spartanburg is

The Census internal point of Spartanburg is at 34.945600, -81.925900. Columbia, the capital, is 82.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greer, SC (46,316 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 64.6 miles away.

Daylight in Spartanburg

At 34.95° N, Spartanburg gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Spartanburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Cowpens, 8.5 miles away, with 2,230 people.