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Blacksburg CCD, Cherokee County, SC

9,621 Population
85.5 square miles 112.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 40.4 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,152 ±$3,594 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $27,406 ±$1,263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,878 ±$5,399 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $50,288 ±$2,291
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.1% ±4% (1,538  ±401) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% † 10,223 (±2.1% / ±1,136)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±1 (102,505  ±12,976) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 25.1 560,455 (±2.1 / ±52,638)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,628 ±263 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 22,063 ±448
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (9,621  ±827) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 55,513 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.3% ±7.3% (171  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 7.2% † 924 (±1.8% / ±228)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,164 ±248 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 25,150 ±46
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$128,600 ±$51,439 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $142,000 † ±$15,173
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±4.6% (1,115  ±443) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 9.9% † 5,551 (±1.4% / ±790.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.3% ±6% (5,474  ±540.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 85.2% 33,071 (±3.2% / ±1,256.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.3% ±3.1% (1,004  ±214.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% 7,144 (±1.6% / ±628.3)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.4% ±1.7% (235  ±169) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cherokee County: 3.2% 1,788
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±2.6% (587  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 7.3% † 3,196 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
587 Total veterans ±185 536 Male ±181 51 Female ±64

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