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Ware Shoals, South Carolina

town · Greenwood County (primary) , Abbeville County, Laurens County

At a glance

2,074
Population
$82,000
Median home value
73% below U.S. median
$859/mo
Median rent
36% below U.S. median
$36,622
Median household income
53% below U.S. median
28.1 min
Average commute
57.7%
Homes with broadband
2.4%
Unemployment

Living here

Nearest 4-year college9 mi
Nearest community college15 mi
Nearest technical college14 mi
High school graduates78%
College graduates8.3%

Doing business here

Economic development contacts, most local first:

county Abbeville County Development Board
Abbeville County Economic Development Partnership serves to recruit industry and strengthen the business economy of Abbeville County, South Carolina. The Partnership assists prospects with site selection and development, workforce recruitment, information management and incentives. The board is comprised of community and business leaders that desire to make Abbeville County a premier business location.
county Laurens County Development Corp
Laurens County Development Corporation is Laurens County’s economic development organization focused on attracting business and industry, offering information on site selection, economic incentives, and workforce training to support business growth in Laurens County and the Upstate region.
region Upstate South Carolina Alliance
The Upstate SC Alliance is a public/private regional economic development organization representing 10 counties in the northwest corner of South Carolina, whose mission is to establish Upstate South Carolina as a unified and innovative economic region, market the Upstate for global business investment and talent attraction, foster public-private collaboration and regional relationships, and move ideas into action.
state Appalachian Development Corp
The Appalachian Council of Governments is a voluntary organization of local governments serving Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, and Spartanburg counties in Upstate South Carolina. It provides public administration, planning, information systems and technology, grants, workforce development, and services for the elderly, and works to build a competitive economy and healthy, livable communities.
state Carolina Power & Light Co.
Duke Energy's Economic Development program connects businesses with regional teams across six states (Carolinas, Florida, Indiana, Ohio/Kentucky) and provides resources such as site readiness and site selection fundamentals to help communities compete.
state Central Carolina Eco Dev Alliance
We’re a public and private alliance on a mission to cultivate and nurture the prosperity of Central South Carolina, helping businesses create jobs and recruit capital investment.
state Committee of 100
A volunteer marketing and networking group of private-sector businesses representing Central South Carolina, supporting the Central SC Alliance's mission of job creation, investment recruitment, and regional prosperity.
state North Eastern Strategic Alliance
The North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA) is a regional, non-profit economic development organization serving nine counties in northeastern South Carolina. Its primary objective is to create jobs by working with the existing industry base and recruiting new companies, providing regional site selection assistance, economic data access, infrastructure support, workforce training opportunities, and coordination of incentive packages with county and state partners to help businesses locate or expand in the region.
state Progress Energy Economic Development
Duke Energy's Economic Development page provides site selection resources and a Site Readiness Program. It connects communities with regional state teams in the Carolinas, Florida, Indiana, and Ohio/Kentucky.
state South Carolina Department of Commerce
South Carolina Department of Commerce promotes economic opportunity for individuals and businesses through initiatives like workforce training and leads the state's foreign direct investment efforts with offices in Europe and Asia to help existing companies develop export markets.
state South Carolina Power Team
The South Carolina Power Team is the economic development organization representing South Carolina’s 19 electric cooperatives that power more than 1.6 million South Carolinians. It serves as an essential economic development partner for new capital investment, job creation and electric load within electric cooperative territory.
State sales taxYes
State income taxYes
Right-to-work stateYes

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