South Carolina · Census place 4579090

Woodruff, South Carolina

Woodruff is a city in Spartanburg County, South Carolina with an estimated 5,072 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 66th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,072
#66 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+19.7%
+835 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,000 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Woodruff. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Woodruff population, 2020 to 2024

Woodruff added 835 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +19.7%. In the latest year it moved by +478. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Woodruff is 36% of it.

4,23720204,31320214,44620224,59420235,0722024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,218. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Woodruff covers 5.07 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,000 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Woodruff is less dense than the typical town.

What county Woodruff is in

All of Woodruff's residents live in Spartanburg County, which had 369,256 residents in 2024. Woodruff holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Woodruff

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Woodruff by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29388. 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 Woodruff is

The Census internal point of Woodruff is at 34.745100, -82.037500. Columbia, the capital, is 76.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fountain Inn, SC (13,786 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 75.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.745100, -82.037500
DMS
34°44'42.36"N 82°02'15.00"W
UTM
17N 405031.9E 3845266.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
866VPXW6+2X

Daylight in Woodruff

At 34.75° N, Woodruff gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Woodruff

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Reidville, 9.3 miles away, with 1,842 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Woodruff, SC?

5,072 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 835 (19.7%) from 4,237 in July 2020.

What county is Woodruff in?

Spartanburg County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Woodruff?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29388.

How far is Woodruff from Columbia?

76.9 miles (123.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Woodruff.

What is the nearest larger city to Woodruff?

Fountain Inn, SC, with 13,786 residents, 9.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.