PlainZIP

Cowpens, SC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cowpens, SC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,401. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet COWPENS-SC · Cowpens, SC 1 ZIPs · 8,401 pop · #22320/25278 · Spartanburg County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $48,243
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22320/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Wellford
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,401
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $151,800

Nearest income peer: Wellford, SC (+ $10,006 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Cowpens

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cowpens on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cowpens, SC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

12th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,401
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$48,243
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($48,243 average) · poverty 21.5%. The primary code (29330) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cowpens as a pure owner town.

Within South Carolina, Mount Croghan is the closest lower-income city and Lamar the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cowpens.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 29330, is all of Cowpens

There is no split to weigh here: 29330 holds every one of Cowpens's 8,401 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Cowpens's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 133 establishments, 2,312 employees , annual payroll $112,465k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 29330 (133 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (24) · also Retail trade · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Cowpens, SC

These ZIP codes sit in Spartanburg County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cowpens. See the Spartanburg County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Spartanburg County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Cowpens, Spartanburg, Inman and Boiling Springs among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Moore marks the far end of that range at $82,924, 72% above Cowpens.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
29330 8,401 $48,243 133 90
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Cowpens roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Cowpens, .