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Cheraw, SC

5,024 Population
6 square miles 843.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Chesterfield County: 42.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,499 ±$4,778 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chesterfield County: $28,363 ±$2,085
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$27,275 ±$11,269 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chesterfield County: $47,620 ±$3,186
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

35.4% ±12% (1,698  ±573) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chesterfield County: 20.2% † 8,685 (±2.8% / ±1,200)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

15.4 minutes ±2.8 (28,935  ±6,802) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Chesterfield County: 24.7 430,485 (±1.2 / ±27,121)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

2,154 ±242 Number of households
  • Chesterfield County: 17,381 ±431
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.3 (4,765  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chesterfield County: 2.5 42,686 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

4.2% ±4.2% (44  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Chesterfield County: 8% † 735 (±2.1% / ±192)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

2,516 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Chesterfield County: 20,655 ±41
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$113,400 ±$84,794 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chesterfield County: $101,400 ±$7,558
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

11% ±5.2% (548  ±261.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chesterfield County: 8.8% † 3,800 (±1.5% / ±659.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

83.2% ±10.8% (3,073  ±440.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chesterfield County: 82% 25,044 (±3.4% / ±1,032.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
21% ±5.2% (776  ±198) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chesterfield County: 13.2% 4,033 (±1.3% / ±400.2)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±3.3% (300  ±165) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Chesterfield County: 2.7% 1,167
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7% ±2.9% (278  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Chesterfield County: 7.1% † 2,410 (±1% / ±321)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
278 Total veterans ±116 238 Male ±108 40 Female ±45

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