What is the population of Fountain Inn city?

Fountain Inn city has 11,307 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #56 of 475 in South Carolina.

What is the median household income in Fountain Inn city?

Median household income in Fountain Inn city is $72,021 a year, 8.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fountain Inn city?

Median gross rent is $1,072 a month and the median home value is $255,400, so rent absorbs about 17.9% of median household income.

Is Fountain Inn city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fountain Inn city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fountain Inn, SC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fountain Inn, South Carolina (Fountain Inn, SC — Census place “Fountain Inn city”) is 11,307 residents, ranking #56 of 475 places in South Carolina. Median household income is $72,021, the median home is worth $255,400 and median gross rent runs $1,072 a month. Looking for the Fountain Inn South Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fountain Inn, SC: 29644.

Population: 11,307Fountain Inn city residents
Median household income: $72,021Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $255,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,072Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.8%Owner-occupied households

Fountain Inn ZIP codes (South Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fountain Inn.

The Fountain Inn SC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

29644

What the numbers mean in Fountain Inn city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fountain Inn city median would spend about 17.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.9% of residents and 70.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fountain Inn city, SC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fountain Inn city is a mid-size town in South Carolina, with 11,307 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #56 of 475 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 33.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Fountain Inn city earn a median of $72,021 a year, 8.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 36% above the $53,071 median for the 263 South Carolina cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fountain Inn city is valued at $255,400, 15.8% below the national figure and 44% above the $177,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,072 a month, 23.8% below the national figure, or roughly $12,864 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Fountain Inn city?: Fountain Inn city has 11,307 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #56 of 475 in South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Fountain Inn city?: Median household income in Fountain Inn city is $72,021 a year, 8.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fountain Inn city?: Median gross rent is $1,072 a month and the median home value is $255,400, so rent absorbs about 17.9% of median household income.
Is Fountain Inn city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fountain Inn city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fountain Inn city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.