Fountain Inn is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 13,027 people and five associated neighborhoods, Fountain Inn is the 47th largest community in South Carolina. Fountain Inn has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Fountain Inn, where the median household income is $72,021.00.

Fountain Inn real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Fountain Inn house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Fountain Inn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.63% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Fountain Inn does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The overall education level of Fountain Inn citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.81% of adults in Fountain Inn have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Fountain Inn in 2022 was $32,660, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,640 for a family of four. However, Fountain Inn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fountain Inn is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fountain Inn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fountain Inn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fountain Inn include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Fountain Inn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.