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Census Tract 9703.02, Cherokee, SC

4,262 Population
7.6 square miles 559.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in East Gaffney: 46.1 † ±7.6
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 40.4 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$17,592 ±$3,015 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in East Gaffney: $20,799 † ±$3,968
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cherokee County: $27,406 ±$1,263
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$27,838 ±$7,901 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in East Gaffney: $25,227 † ±$10,677
  • about half the amount in Cherokee County: $50,288 ±$2,291
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

41.9% ±11.4% (1,733  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in East Gaffney: 33.8% † 955 (±11.6% / ±387)
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% † 10,223 (±2.1% / ±1,136)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

20.7 minutes ±4.8 (26,740  ±8,140) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in East Gaffney: 23.8 † 23,910 (±5.3 / ±8,125)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 25.1 560,455 (±2.1 / ±52,638)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

1,749 ±301 Number of households
  • East Gaffney: 1,364 † ±297
  • Cherokee County: 22,063 ±448
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.3 ±0.5 (4,090  ±615) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in East Gaffney: 2.1 † 2,824 (±0.6 / ±606)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 55,513 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

1% ±1.7% (10  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in East Gaffney: 1.4% † 10 (±2.3% / ±17)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Cherokee County: 7.2% † 924 (±1.8% / ±228)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

2,075 ±301 Number of housing units
  • East Gaffney: 1,772 † ±321
  • Cherokee County: 25,150 ±46
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$82,400 ±$23,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in East Gaffney: $77,600 † ±$11,810
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cherokee County: $142,000 † ±$15,173
  • about one-third of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

7.6% ±4% (323  ±174.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in East Gaffney: 6.6% † 185 (±4.8% / ±141.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cherokee County: 9.9% † 5,551 (±1.4% / ±790.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

84.9% ±7.8% (2,442  ±400.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in East Gaffney: 84.1% 1,780 (±2.7% / ±369.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 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)
9.2% ±3.7% (265  ±113.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Gaffney: 10.5% † 222 (±4.6% / ±106.5)
  • about half the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% 7,144 (±1.6% / ±628.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±2% (104  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in East Gaffney: 2.4% † 68 (±2.5% / ±72)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cherokee County: 3.2% 1,788
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

6.5% ±3.7% (204  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in East Gaffney: 9.9% † 227 (±5.4% / ±132)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 7.3% † 3,196 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
204 Total veterans ±119 196 Male ±117 8 Female ±14

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