PlainZIP

Ware Shoals, SC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ware Shoals, SC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,856. 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 WARE-SHOALS-SC · Ware Shoals, SC 1 ZIPs · 4,856 pop · #22606/25278 · Laurens County

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

  • INC-MID $47,068
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22606/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Joanna
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,856
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $99,600

Nearest income peer: Joanna, SC (+ $2,346 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 Ware Shoals

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ware Shoals 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, Ware Shoals, SC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

11th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,856
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$47,068
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 ($47,068 average) · poverty 25.7%. The primary code (29692) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ware Shoals as a pure owner town.

Within South Carolina, Greeleyville is the closest lower-income city and Neeses the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ware Shoals.

Population concentration

Ware Shoals's single ZIP 29692 carries the town

Ware Shoals is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 29692 is the entire residential footprint (4,856 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Ware Shoals

Citywide ZBP: 54 establishments, 541 employees , annual payroll $20,883k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 29692 (54 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (12) · also Other services (except public administration) · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Ware Shoals, SC

These ZIP codes sit in Laurens County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ware Shoals. See the Laurens County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Laurens County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Ware Shoals, Laurens, Clinton and Gray Court among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Mountville marks the far end of that range at $80,104, 70% above Ware Shoals.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
29692 4,856 $47,068 54 39
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Ware Shoals 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 Ware Shoals, .