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East Gaffney, SC

3,169 Population
3 square miles 1,048.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,599 ±$4,606 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $27,175 ±$1,368
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$26,314 ±$11,938 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $49,047 ±$2,478
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

28.8% ±9.9% (910  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.5% † 10,191 (±2.1% / ±1,159)
  • about double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

21.6 minutes ±3.8 (26,130  ±8,518) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 24.7 551,310 (±2.4 / ±59,403)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

1,452 ±285 Number of households
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 21,864 ±478
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.2 (3,169  ±668) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 2.5 55,211 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,834 ±327 Number of housing units
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 24,945 ±42
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$78,900 ±$9,418 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $135,200 ±$11,915
  • about one-third of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

3.7% ±2.9% (118  ±96.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 9% † 4,998 (±1.5% / ±843.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

86.4% ±1.8% (1,936  ±370.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 85.5% 32,881 (±3.3% / ±1,289.6)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
11.3% ±4.9% (253  ±119.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.4% 7,077 (±1.6% / ±596.4)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.9% ±4.5% (244  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 7.6% † 3,292 (±0.8% / ±362)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
244 Total veterans ±118 208 Male ±107 36 Female ±43

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