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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 1.13
The average living wage for the state of South Carolina is $33.18/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives South Carolina a minimum wage score of 0 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives South Carolina a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for South Carolina is $145, resulting in a UI benefit score of 0.04 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 33.33

✓ South Carolina does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ South Carolina does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ South Carolina does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X South Carolina does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X South Carolina does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X South Carolina does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X South Carolina does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X South Carolina does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X South Carolina does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X South Carolina does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X South Carolina does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ South Carolina does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X South Carolina does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X South Carolina does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 0

X South Carolina does have a "right-to-work" law.
X South Carolina does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X South Carolina does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
X South Carolina does not require collective bargaining for public workers.
X South Carolina does not provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X South Carolina does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Spartanburg County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 43.44% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 62.94%
Democratic: 35.6%
Libertarian: 1.14%
Green: 0.25%
Other: 0.06%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 29356
Latitude : 35.131268
Longitude : -82.251463
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 1026 ft.
Area Code(s) : 864

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.33
Male Population Estimate : 40.69%
Female Population Estimate : 42.17%
Median Age : 47.2
Male Median Age : 46.4
Female Median Age : 48.0

White Population Estimate : 77.51%
Black Population Estimate : 4.21%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 2.45%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.50%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.04%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.54%
Other Population Estimate : 1.21%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Landrum specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Spartanburg County: About 7 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Spartanburg County: About 419 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Spartanburg County is about 44% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 31% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.