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Population (year 2000): 2,348
Males: 1,134  (48.3%)
Females: 1,214  (51.7%)

Greenville County

Median resident age:  36.6 years
South Carolina median age:  35.4 years

Zip codes: 29673.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $42,800 (it was $41,447 in 2000)
Golden Grove  $42,800
South Carolina:  $39,316

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $106,700 (it was $91,800 in 2000)
Golden Grove  $106,700
South Carolina:  $113,100

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Races in Golden Grove:

  • White Non-Hispanic (81.6%)
  • Black (15.9%)
  • Two or more races (1.1%)
  • Hispanic (0.8%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Golden Grove: 84.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (20.2%), Irish (10.4%), English (9.8%), German (6.9%), Scotch-Irish (4.5%), Norwegian (1.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 836 feet

Land area: 5.84 square miles.

Population density: 402 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Golden Grove

  • High school or higher: 75.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.1%
  • Unemployed: 4.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 29.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Golden Grove CDP

  • Never married: 16.8%
  • Now married: 64.2%
  • Separated: 2.8%
  • Widowed: 4.8%
  • Divorced: 11.3%

17 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.7%
South Carolina:  2.9%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Golden Grove:  0.6% ($513)
South Carolina:  0.5% ($510)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greenville, SC (8.7 miles , pop. 56,002).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (115.4 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (609.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Piedmont, SC (2.4 miles ), Gantt, SC (4.5 miles ), Powderville, SC (5.1 miles ), Brushy Creek, SC (5.7 miles ), Pelzer, SC (6.2 miles) , West Pelzer, SC (6.3 miles ), Welcome, SC (6.4 miles ), Dunean, SC (6.5 miles ).

Latitude: 34.73 N, Longitude: 82.44 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 864

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
  • Machinery (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (16%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Chemicals (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)


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Golden Grove-area historical tornado activity is near South Carolina state average. It is 24% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/27/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 2.8 miles away from the Golden Grove place center injured 40 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 3/31/1973, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 34.4 miles away from the place center killed 7 people and injured 30 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Golden Grove:
  • GREENVILLE HOSPITAL CENTER (about 6 miles; GREENVILLE, SC)
  • ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; GREENVILLE, SC)
  • HILLCREST HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; SIMPSONVILLE, SC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Golden Grove:
  • DONALDSON CENTER (about 6 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; ID: GYH)
  • GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 19 miles; GREER, SC; ID: GSP)
  • ANDERSON RGNL (about 25 miles; ANDERSON, SC; ID: AND)
Other public-use airports nearest to Golden Grove:
  • GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (about 10 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; ID: GMU)
  • PICKENS COUNTY (about 19 miles; PICKENS, SC; ID: LQK)
  • OCONEE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 32 miles; CLEMSON, SC; ID: CEU)

Amtrak station near Golden Grove:
  • 9 miles: GREENVILLE (1120 W. WASHINGTON ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Golden Grove:
  • GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 10 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; Full-time enrollment: 6,157)
  • BOB JONES UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 3,577)
  • FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 2,915)
  • TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 14 miles; PENDLETON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,343)
  • CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; CLEMSON, SC; FT enrollment: 15,962)
  • SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 35 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG (about 38 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,041)

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Reservoirs: Freemans Lake (A), Lake Eljama (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.6 people
South Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  75.2%
Whole state:  69.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.7%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  8.0%
Whole state:  14.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  4.0%
Whole state:  6.5%

Golden Grove compared to South Carolina state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Greenville County South Carolina:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:

7.48% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($47,357 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.48%
South Carolina average:  8.00%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($490 average AGI)
Greenville County:  0.09%
South Carolina average:  0.15%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Spartanburg County, SC  0.74% ($35,933 average AGI)
from Anderson County, SC  0.50% ($34,473)
from Pickens County, SC  0.49% ($35,834)


5.95% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,283 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.95%
South Carolina average:  6.88%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($617 average AGI)
Greenville County:  0.07%
South Carolina average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Spartanburg County, SC  0.78% ($39,731 average AGI)
to Anderson County, SC  0.54% ($39,806)
to Pickens County, SC  0.51% ($33,694)


Strongest AM radio stations in Golden Grove:
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
  • WYRD (1330 AM; 5 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WGVL (1440 AM; 5 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMUU (1260 AM; 5 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WMUU, INC.)
  • WRIX (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; HOMELAND PARK, SC; Owner: AM 1020 INCORPORATED)
  • WELP (1360 AM; 5 kW; EASLEY, SC)
  • WDAB (1580 AM; 5 kW; TRAVELERS REST, SC; Owner: DABNEY-ADAMSON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTBI (1540 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PICKENS, SC; Owner: TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
  • WPCI (1490 AM; 1 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: PAPER CUTTERS, INC.)
  • WGCR (720 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PISGAH FOREST, NC; Owner: ANCHOR BAPTIST BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Golden Grove:
  • WROQ (101.1 FM; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: OBC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WJMZ-FM (107.3 FM; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WMUU-FM (94.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WMUU, INC.)
  • WEPR (90.1 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • WTBI-FM (91.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: TABERNACLE BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE)
  • WLFJ-FM (89.3 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WBZT-FM (96.7 FM; MAULDIN, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSSL-FM (100.5 FM; GRAY COURT, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WSPA-FM (98.9 FM; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WFBC-FM (93.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WOLI (103.9 FM; EASLEY, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WMYI (102.5 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WTPT (93.3 FM; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: UPSTATE BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • W247AB (97.3 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • W218AD (91.5 FM; BREVARD, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W220CD (91.9 FM; ENKA, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)

TV broadcast stations around Golden Grove:
  • WBSC-TV (Channel 40; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: ANDERSON (WFBC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WHNS (Channel 21; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • WYFF (Channel 4; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WYFF HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • W22AC (Channel 22; HARTWELL & ROYSTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WNTV (Channel 29; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • WNEH (Channel 38; GREENWOOD, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • W50CL (Channel 50; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • W65DS (Channel 65; HONEA PATH, SC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WGGS-TV (Channel 16; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC)

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