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Gaffney CCD, Cherokee County, SC

35,575 Population
170.1 square miles 209.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 40.3 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,231 ±$1,437 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $27,175 ±$1,368
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$45,891 ±$2,912 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cherokee County: $49,047 ±$2,478
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

21.7% ±2.8% (7,492  ±1,006) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 18.5% † 10,191 (±2.1% / ±1,159)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

23.6 minutes ±3.4 (328,050  ±53,640) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 24.7 551,310 (±2.4 / ±59,403)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

13,660 ±546 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 21,864 ±478
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.5 ±0.1 (34,487  ±1,000) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 55,211 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

6.7% ±2.4% (566  ±206) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 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

15,628 ±387 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 24,945 ±42
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$131,900 ±$13,196 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $135,200 ±$11,915
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

10.3% ±2% (3,603  ±720.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 9% † 4,998 (±1.5% / ±843.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

85.8% ±3.7% (20,468  ±1,068.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 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)
19.2% ±2.1% (4,570  ±507.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% 7,077 (±1.6% / ±596.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

3.4% ±0.7% (1,220  ±265) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 3.3% 1,863
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7.2% ±1.2% (1,991  ±330) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Cherokee County: 7.6% † 3,292 (±0.8% / ±362)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
1,991 Total veterans ±330 1,751 Male ±292 240 Female ±111

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