Travelers Rest.
South Carolina·
Neighborhoods
POPMEDIAN
South Carolina·
South Carolina
Foundation
Daily Life
Money & Work
Fair Housing. Race, ethnicity, language, national origin, income, disability, household makeup, commute and vehicle access, home tenure, and similar characteristics shown anywhere in this report are descriptive context only — never used to rate, score, or rank a place. Using protected-class characteristics to evaluate a neighborhood may violate the Fair Housing Act.
South Carolina·Greenville County
5 tracts·13K people·$285K median·2,086/mi²
White 69 · Black 16 · Hispanic 7 · Multiracial 5 · Other 2 · Asian 1
Married couple 47 · Other 27 · Living alone 26
Health 40 · Manufacturing 18 · Leisure 16 · Retail 12 · Professional 11 · Public admin 2 · Other 1
Management · business · science · arts 38 · Service 27 · Sales · office 21 · Production · transport 7 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 64 · Carpool 16 · Work from home 15 · Walk 8 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
Showing up to 10 schools per level · School assignment depends on the exact address; open a neighborhood or address report to see your assigned schools.
The median home value in Travelers Rest is $284,800 (Census ACS) — 0.6× the US median of $458,812.
Travelers Rest has 8,370 residents across 3 census tracts and 5 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 22.0; the population is 68.9% White, 16.3% Black, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% Multiracial, 2.0% Other and 0.6% Asian; the average household has 2.5 people; 42.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 22.0% (Census ACS).
Gateway Elementary is the elementary school with reported scores (73%); Travelers Rest High is the high school with reported scores (53%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,033/month, 35% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Travelers Rest is $54,583 a year, 37% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Travelers Rest, median rent is $1,033/month and the median home value is $284,800 (Census ACS).
Travelers Rest reported 2.3 violent crimes and 31.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 87°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 84 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 58 inches; snowfall averages 2 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Travelers Rest are ice storm (93), lightning (86) and cold wave (74), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.23g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Travelers Rest, 7.9% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).