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Whitney, 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 Whitney, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Whitney, in Spartanburg County, had 4,409 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $51,275 a year and half less, against $66,234 across Spartanburg County. 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 residents work in manufacturing, then restaurants and hotels.

People 4,409 in the 2020 census
Household income $51,275 the median, give or take $10,390 · Spartanburg County: $66,234
Unemployment 4.3% Spartanburg County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Whitney for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,662households
  • 11%of adults have a degree
  • 21 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What residents work in

  • Manufacturing22%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment21%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care12%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Other services8%

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 Whitney

  1. Spartanburg Rehabilitation InstituteRehabilitation hospital127FTE
  2. AmericasManufactuing of 3 piece aerosol containers40
  3. CSL BehringBlood and organ banks40
  4. Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Spartanburg PlantAerosol cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing40

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 303 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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

  1. Ice stormsRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  4. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Whitney’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.