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Gaffney, SC

12,596 Population
9.1 square miles 1,388.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 40.4 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,994 ±$2,365 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $27,406 ±$1,263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,089 ±$3,009 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $50,288 ±$2,291
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.1% ±5.9% (3,351  ±676) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.4% † 10,223 (±2.1% / ±1,136)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±1.8 (82,940  ±11,478) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 25.1 560,455 (±2.1 / ±52,638)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,635 ±277 Number of households
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 22,063 ±448
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (11,501  ±86) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 2.5 55,513 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±3.7% (207  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 7.2% † 924 (±1.8% / ±228)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,384 ±325 Number of housing units
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 25,150 ±46
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,700 ±$26,802 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $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

20.4% ±4.2% (2,523  ±516.7) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 9.9% † 5,551 (±1.4% / ±790.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.5% ±5.9% (6,650  ±606.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 85.2% 33,071 (±3.2% / ±1,256.1)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.1% ±4.4% (1,816  ±358.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.4% 7,144 (±1.6% / ±628.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

6.4% ±1.9% (803  ±237) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 3.2% 1,788
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2.2% (681  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 7.3% † 3,196 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
681 Total veterans ±213 619 Male ±203 62 Female ±53

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