Southern Shops, SC (29303)

Southern Shops, SC (ZIP 29303) sits in Spartanburg County within the Spartanburg metro area. The page draws on 2 federal data feeds retrieved Apr 27. Top health signal: Obesity comes in above the national average at 40.8%. NCES lists 4 schools serving the area, 4 non-charter. 10 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $22,945. 28% of returns claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (IRS), a higher share than most ZIPs. FDIC counts just 2 bank branches in this ZIP (Summary of Deposits, 2024) — residents likely lean on neighboring ZIPs or online banking for most services. CDC's Social Vulnerability Index places this ZIP in the 79th percentile nationally — a highly vulnerable community profile. FEMA has issued 25 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1977 — a high-frequency exposure profile. County Health Rankings reports 11,013 years of potential life lost per 100,000 (2025) — well above the national county median. 34.0% of residents in this county are flagged low-access by USDA's 2025 Food Environment Atlas — a notable supermarket-access gap. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net gain of 8,920 residents (3,866 households) — the ZIP's primary county is growing. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: median household income $45,360, fair market rent of $1,140 for a two-bedroom, and a typical home value of $211,854, up 2.8% over the past year. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.

Demographics

HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.

Home values

Source: Zillow Research, ZHVI All Homes (SFR, Condo/Co-op) Time Series (zillow.com/research/data). Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) is copyrighted by Zillow, Inc.

New housing construction

Based on county-level data (2024).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.

Income & tax statistics

Source: IRS Statistics of Income — Individual Income Tax Statistics by ZIP Code (irs.gov). Public domain. Dollar columns reported in thousands by the IRS; figures here display real dollars. Total ZCTA AGI for the area was $426.3M across all reported brackets.

Business & employment

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Business Patterns (census.gov). Public domain. ZBP covers establishments with paid employees; Census suppresses employment and payroll values when fewer employers operate in a ZIP than would protect their confidentiality.

Employment & wages

That is roughly 9% below the US national average of $65,470 per worker.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.

Unemployment

Based on Spartanburg County, SC data (2024).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.

Banking access

Based on FDIC-insured branch offices as of June 30, 2024.

Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits (fdic.gov). Annual June-30 snapshot of every FDIC-insured branch and the deposits booked there. Figures cover all institutions reporting a branch address in this ZIP.

Community health centers

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Look-Alike sites provide primary care on a sliding-fee scale, regardless of ability to pay. Active sites only; data refreshed 2026.

Source: HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care (data.hrsa.gov). Per-ZIP counts of active service-delivery sites operated by Health Center Program grantees and Look-Alike organizations.

Alternative-fuel stations

Active public stations only. Snapshot taken 2026; AFDC's underlying registry refreshes continuously as stations open and close.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy via NREL (afdc.energy.gov). Per-ZIP counts of active public alternative-fuel stations (electric, hydrogen, propane, CNG, biodiesel, E85, LNG, renewable diesel) and EV charging-port totals.

Social Vulnerability Index

The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.

Federal Disaster Declarations

FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.

Air quality

Based on Spartanburg County data (2024).

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System (epa.gov). Public domain. Only counties with EPA AQS monitoring stations appear here (~30% of US counties); rural ZIPs whose primary county has no monitor will not show this section.

Community health profile

Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 9.0% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.

Based on Spartanburg data (2025 CHR release).

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.

Food access

Among low-income residents, 14.1% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).

Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in Spartanburg County, SC for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).

Who’s moving in and out

Incoming households reported an average AGI of $63,916 versus departing households' $58,546.

Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.

Data sources used on this page

Health profile

Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.

Schools in this ZIP

4 schools serve this ZIP, including 4 non-charter.

Schools listed from NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal.

Colleges & universities nearby

• Spartanburg Community College

  Spartanburg, SC · 29303

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $5,071

  Out-of-state tuition

  $10,135

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  28.9%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $37,097

  Median student debt

  $6,500

• University of South Carolina-Upstate

  Spartanburg, SC · 29303

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $11,588

  Out-of-state tuition

  $23,090

  Acceptance rate

  67.3%

  Graduation rate

  42.8%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $48,587

  Median student debt

  $22,310

• Wofford College

  Spartanburg, SC · 29303

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $56,005

  Out-of-state tuition

  $56,005

  Acceptance rate

  51.9%

  Graduation rate

  82.5%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $68,964

  Median student debt

  $25,732

• Limestone University

  Gaffney, SC · 29340

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $27,800

  Out-of-state tuition

  $27,800

  Acceptance rate

  97.3%

  Graduation rate

  31.6%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $44,999

  Median student debt

  $27,639

• Converse University

  Spartanburg, SC · 29302

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $25,240

  Out-of-state tuition

  $25,240

  Acceptance rate

  67.7%

  Graduation rate

  53.5%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $40,867

  Median student debt

  $27,000

• Spartanburg Methodist College

  Spartanburg, SC · 29301

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $20,650

  Out-of-state tuition

  $20,650

  Acceptance rate

  78.2%

  Graduation rate

  40.6%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $42,895

  Median student debt

  $12,000

• Presbyterian College

  Clinton, SC · 29325

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $44,910

  Out-of-state tuition

  $44,910

  Acceptance rate

  68.4%

  Graduation rate

  56.4%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $60,194

  Median student debt

  $26,000

• University of South Carolina-Union

  Union, SC · 29379

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $7,558

  Out-of-state tuition

  $18,238

  Acceptance rate

  62.2%

  Graduation rate

  42.9%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $33,699

  Median student debt

  $11,000

• Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Spartanburg

  Spartanburg, SC · 29301

  Certificate

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  71.5%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $25,088

  Median student debt

  $5,858

• Sherman College of Chiropractic

  Boiling Springs, SC · 29316

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  —

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  —

  Median student debt

  —

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.

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