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Gaffney, SC Urban Area

18,476 Population
15.4 square miles 1,198.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,592 ±$1,654 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,471 ±$3,734 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.2% ±4.2% (5,254  ±762) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±2.2 (133,350  ±19,023) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,159 ±420 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (17,344  ±797) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±2.9% (277  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,486 ±453 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,300 ±$8,205 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.7% ±3% (2,857  ±552.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.9% ±4% (9,785  ±729.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.3% ±3.1% (2,281  ±389.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

4.8% ±1.4% (893  ±256) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±1.6% (913  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
913 Total veterans ±233 843 Male ±220 70 Female ±55

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