Compare Greenville Metro Area, SC vs South Carolina (SC) vs United States

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Metric	Greenville Metro Area, SC Metro Area	South Carolina (SC) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	961,939	5,296,225	334,922,499
Rent	$1,150	$1,180	$1,413
Year built	1990	1992	1980
Household income	$71,240	$69,324	$80,734
Per capita income	$39,451	$39,236	$44,673
Poverty rate	13.0%	14.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.2%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	46.8%	46.3%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	961,939	5,296,225	334,922,499
Adults over 25	654,478	3,677,078	230,807,303
Total households	383,842	2,117,989	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$71,240	$69,324	$80,734
Per capita income	$39,451	$39,236	$44,673
Poverty rate	13.0%	14.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.2%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	46.8%	46.3%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,150	$1,180	$1,413
Year built	1990	1992	1980
Households that rent	29.3%	28.1%	34.8%
Households that own	70.7%	71.9%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.8	5.7	5.5
Race
White	71.4%	63.3%	61%
Black	14.4%	24.8%	12.2%
Asian	1.9%	1.8%	6%
Two or more races	8.4%	6.8%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	9%	7.4%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91%	92.6%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	88.2%	88.5%	84.9%
Commute time to work	25.0 min	26.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	11.8%	11.5%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	26.9%	27.8%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	26.4%	28.2%	26%
Some college or associate degree	12.1%	11.9%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	34.6%	32.1%	35.7%