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Blacksburg CCD, Cherokee County, SC

9,876 Population
85.6 square miles 115.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,690 ±$3,923 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $27,175 ±$1,368
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$50,013 ±$4,965 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $49,047 ±$2,478
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

15.5% ±4.5% (1,523  ±457) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.5% † 10,191 (±2.1% / ±1,159)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

28.8 minutes ±1.9 (107,470  ±13,670) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 24.7 551,310 (±2.4 / ±59,403)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

3,631 ±280 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 21,864 ±478
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.7 ±0.1 (9,876  ±785) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 55,211 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

8.1% ±6% (154  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 6.1% † 782 (±1.7% / ±214)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

4,219 ±280 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 24,945 ±42
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$121,300 ±$19,745 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $135,200 ±$11,915
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

9.7% ±4.2% (949  ±417.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 9% † 4,998 (±1.5% / ±843.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

83% ±5.8% (5,536  ±522.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cherokee County: 85.5% 32,881 (±3.3% / ±1,289.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
15.5% ±3.2% (1,032  ±222.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% 7,077 (±1.6% / ±596.4)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% ±2.3% (425  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 3.3% 1,863
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

8.7% ±2.5% (607  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 7.6% † 3,292 (±0.8% / ±362)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
607 Total veterans ±176 568 Male ±170 39 Female ±57

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