Startex, South Carolina.
Typical home $145,872 (+7.9% in a year). Spartanburg, SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$499 (+188%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,738 +8%
- $135,135$145,872 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $54,035 +59%
- $91,838$145,872 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Startex$766
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 7 years.
Typical home values in Startex, SC rose 7.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Startex, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Startex, in Spartanburg County, had 745 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.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Startex is a very small community in Spartanburg County, with a population that stays well under the size of most towns. A typical home here is worth less than homes in many parts of the country, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild for most of the country, with January the coldest month and nights that dip to around freezing, and only a little snow in a typical year. Summers run hot, and rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops and in professional and business services. Commutes are short, so most people reach their jobs quickly. Across Spartanburg County, the largest workplaces include BMW Manufacturing Co, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and the Spartanburg 06 Schools district. Unemployment across the county has eased a little over the past year, and the county has added jobs.
Things to do. A short drive away, HollyWild Animal Park is a zoo and Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve is a botanical garden, which makes for an easy afternoon out. The Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds, a race track, is also a short drive from town. For a longer outing, Paris Mountain State Park is a protected area where people walk and spend time outdoors.
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- 5%of adults have a degree
- 16 mintypical commute
What people in Spartanburg County work in
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
Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 4 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Greer weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Spartanburg County
- BMW Manufacturing CoAssembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture13,385
- Spartanburg Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital4,699FTE
- Spartanburg Regional Healthcare SystemPhysician offices3,451
- Spartanburg 06 SchoolsSchool district1,787FTE
- Spartanburg CountyExecutive and legislative office combinations1,734
- Spartanburg 02 SchoolsSchool district1,583FTE
- Spartanburg 07 SchoolsSchool district1,529FTE
- Michelin-US3 SpartanburgTires manufacturing1,370
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 400 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 86,287 people in all across the county; Startex has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of StartexRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of StartexRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Startex’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 and the Spartanburg, SC metro.
Startex home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Startex$145,872
- South Carolina$304,319
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Zip codes with a Startex address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Startex — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.