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Hilltop, South Carolina.

A community in Spartanburg County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Spartanburg County’s.

Living in Hilltop, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Hilltop, in Spartanburg County, had 3,273 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Spartanburg County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Spartanburg County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 3,273 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Hilltop for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.3% Spartanburg County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Hilltop for the Census survey to measure.
  • 926households
  • 9%of adults have a degree
  • 5%work from home

What people in Spartanburg County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Manufacturing20%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Spartanburg County had 157,484 jobs in 2025, 1.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 54° and 32°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 54° 32° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 54° and 32°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 54° 32° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 1 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Spartanburg Sse weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Hilltop

  1. UPSCouriers and express delivery services723
  2. Physical Rehab and Wellness Center of SpartanburgSkilled nursing facilities185
  3. Coastal RehabilitationPhysical therapy offices46
  4. Event Rentals SpartanburgTent, party, rental39
  5. Compass Group35
  6. VLS Environmental SolutionsWaste31
  7. O'Reilly Auto Parts25
  8. Ag-ProAgricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers21

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,105 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Ice stormsRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  4. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hilltop’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Spartanburg County.