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Gaffney, SC

12,612 Population
9 square miles 1,406 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±2.7 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

$22,523 ±$2,423 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $27,175 ±$1,368
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$41,214 ±$5,182 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $49,047 ±$2,478
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

24.8% ±6.3% (2,880  ±735) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.5% † 10,191 (±2.1% / ±1,159)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

17.9 minutes ±2.4 (81,615  ±14,520) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 24.7 551,310 (±2.4 / ±59,403)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

4,653 ±318 Number of households
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 21,864 ±478
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.5 ±0.2 (11,573  ±45) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 2.5 55,211 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

6.5% ±3.7% (198  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 6.1% † 782 (±1.7% / ±214)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

5,422 ±384 Number of housing units
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 24,945 ±42
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$141,100 ±$21,952 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than 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

18.3% ±4.9% (2,271  ±612.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 9% † 4,998 (±1.5% / ±843.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

84.8% ±6% (6,914  ±625.3) 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)
21.8% ±4.1% (1,776  ±344.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.4% 7,077 (±1.6% / ±596.4)
  • 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

6.2% ±2.2% (784  ±273) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 3.3% 1,863
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7.8% ±2.3% (774  ±230) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 7.6% † 3,292 (±0.8% / ±362)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
774 Total veterans ±230 660 Male ±206 114 Female ±79

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