Valley Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,299 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.57%, is water.

Demographics

2020 census

{| class="wikitable"

|+Valley Falls racial composition

!Race

!Num.

!Perc.

|-

|White (non-Hispanic)

|4,658

|58.14%

|-

|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

|1,838

|22.94%

|-

|Native American

|10

|0.12%

|-

|Asian

|302

|3.77%

|-

|Other/Mixed

|339

|4.23%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino

|865

|10.8%

|}

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 8,012 people, 2,648 households, and 1,201 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

At the 2000 census there were 3,990 people, 1,508 households, and 883 families in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,694 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 82.41% White, 13.63% African American, 0.28% Native American, 2.66% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.60%.

University of South Carolina Upstate is in Valley Falls.

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