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Census Tract 9705.02, Cherokee, SC

4,270 Population
4.9 square miles 872.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Gaffney: 31.9 ±2.1
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 40.4 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$17,955 ±$3,310 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gaffney: $21,994 † ±$2,365
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cherokee County: $27,406 ±$1,263
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$30,938 ±$5,461 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gaffney: $41,089 ±$3,009
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cherokee County: $50,288 ±$2,291
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

44.8% ±8.5% (1,908  ±441) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gaffney: 29.1% † 3,351 (±5.9% / ±676)
  • 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)

19.6 minutes ±4 (23,975  ±6,944) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Gaffney: 18.9 82,940 (±1.8 / ±11,478)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 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)

Families

1,718 ±216 Number of households
  • Gaffney: 4,635 ±277
  • Cherokee County: 22,063 ±448
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.5 ±0.1 (4,268  ±560) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gaffney: 2.5 11,501 (±0.2 / ±86)
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 55,513 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

2.7% ±3.3% (26  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gaffney: 6.9% † 207 (±3.7% / ±111)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 7.2% † 924 (±1.8% / ±228)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

2,249 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Gaffney: 5,384 ±325
  • Cherokee County: 25,150 ±46
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$85,100 ±$9,953 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Gaffney: $137,700 † ±$26,802
  • 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

12% ±5.5% (509  ±242.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gaffney: 20.4% † 2,523 (±4.2% / ±516.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 9.9% † 5,551 (±1.4% / ±790.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

67.3% ±5.6% (1,820  ±298.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gaffney: 84.5% 6,650 (±5.9% / ±606.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 85.2% 33,071 (±3.2% / ±1,256.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
5.9% ±2.4% (158  ±69.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Gaffney: 23.1% † 1,816 (±4.4% / ±358.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% 7,144 (±1.6% / ±628.3)
  • about one-fifth 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

7.2% ±4.4% (308  ±194) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gaffney: 6.4% † 803 (±1.9% / ±237)
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 3.2% 1,788
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

8.8% ±5% (268  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gaffney: 7% † 681 (±2.2% / ±213)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 7.3% † 3,196 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
268 Total veterans ±156 244 Male ±140 24 Female ±31

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