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Blacksburg, SC

2,158 Population
1.9 square miles 1,153.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$17,957 ±$3,087 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $27,175 ±$1,368
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$33,500 ±$9,381 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $49,047 ±$2,478
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

33.2% ±7.7% (709  ±256) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.5% † 10,191 (±2.1% / ±1,159)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

29.9 minutes ±1.4 (22,315  ±6,940) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 24.7 551,310 (±2.4 / ±59,403)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

798 ±218 Number of households
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 21,864 ±478
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.7 ±0.1 (2,158  ±591) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 2.5 55,211 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

16.4% ±16.8% (98  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 6.1% † 782 (±1.7% / ±214)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

980 ±224 Number of housing units
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 24,945 ±42
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$137,000 ±$39,490 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $135,200 ±$11,915
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

11% ±9.2% (230  ±202.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 9% † 4,998 (±1.5% / ±843.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

75.1% ±25.8% (1,012  ±214.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 85.5% 32,881 (±3.3% / ±1,289.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
12.2% ±4.4% (165  ±74.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.4% 7,077 (±1.6% / ±596.4)
  • about two-fifths of 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

6.7% ±7.2% (145  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 3.3% 1,863
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

5.8% ±4.6% (84  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 7.6% † 3,292 (±0.8% / ±362)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
84 Total veterans ±70 50 Male ±37 34 Female ±56

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