Wade Hampton is home to 20,898 people in South Carolina. 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Density works out to 2,353 people per square mile. Getting to work takes 20 minutes on average. Poverty is uncommon here, at 7.2% of locals. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $339,000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $77,449, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.9
US median: 38.9
More educated
46% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 49%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Wade Hampton
What changed most since 2000
Homes owned by their occupants59.9% → 64.6%(+4.7 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Wade Hampton's population equals 3.8% of Greenville County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 2.5% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 2.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)11.4%(120)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.9%(188)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.8%(417)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War17.1%(179)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2%(21)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,049 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Wade Hampton, decade by decade
Wade Hampton population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
20,458
$73,753
$226,796
37.4%
40.5
2010
20,622
$60,818
$223,554
37.9%
54.5
2020
21,482
$70,384
$267,618
44.0%
62.2
2024
20,898
$77,449
$339,000
46.0%
53.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
