Social Environment

The goal is for our community to be characterized by stable families, low crime, affordable housing, and access to opportunity.

Please click on the indicators below to learn more about the Status of the Family in Spartanburg County.  Social Environment data was updated in March, 2010.

Leading Indicators
Key variables that reflect social states and that are used to predict future social trends.

Family Income

Teen Pregnancy

Family Structure

Violent and Non-Violent Crime

Secondary Indicators
Variables that have direct impact on social issues, or that derive from leading indicators.

Infant Mortality and child death

Traffic and Highway Safety

Gang Crime

Juvenile Crime

Youth Risk Behavior

Child care

Seniors

Maternal Education

Cross-Cutting Indicators
Leading indicators in more than one discipline (such as health and economy).

Educational Attainment

Transportation