Gantt is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 14,229 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area and a suburb of the city of Greenville.
Geography
Gantt is located in west-central Greenville County. It is bordered to the northeast by the city of Greenville and to the northwest by unincorporated Dunean.
Interstate 85 passes through the center of the community, with access from exits 44 through 46. I-85 leads northeast to Spartanburg and southwest to Atlanta. U.S. Route 25 passes through Gantt as White Horse Road, intersecting I-85 at Exit 44. US 25 leads north to Parker, a western suburb of Greenville, and south to Greenwood. Downtown Greenville is 6 miles to the north via US 25 and US 29.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Gantt CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.16%, are water.
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Racial and ethnic composition
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|+Gantt CDP, South Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|4,564
|3,756
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,702
|32.69%
|26.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24.67%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|8,776
|8,359
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,529
|62.86%
|58.75%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50.17%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|17
|24
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.12%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|47
|32
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35
|0.34%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.01%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|14
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68
|0.10%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.45%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|124
|166
|style='background: #ffffe6; |431
|0.89%
|1.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.87%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|419
|1,877
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,218
|3.00%
|13.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.44%
|-
|Total
|13,962
|14,229
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15,006
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, there were 15,006 people in Gantt. There were 5,749 households, including 3,488 families.
Of all households, 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. 35.1% were married-couple households, 20.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 37.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.