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Census Tract 9706.01, Cherokee, SC

5,298 Population
21.5 square miles 246.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±12.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Gaffney: 31.9 ±2.1
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 40.4 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,082 ±$3,707 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Gaffney: $21,994 † ±$2,365
  • a little less than the amount in Cherokee County: $27,406 ±$1,263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$52,027 ±$8,630 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Gaffney: $41,089 ±$3,009
  • a little higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $50,288 ±$2,291
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

21.5% ±11% (994  ±535) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gaffney: 29.1% † 3,351 (±5.9% / ±676)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% † 10,223 (±2.1% / ±1,136)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

21.6 minutes ±8.8 (47,235  ±10,663) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Gaffney: 18.9 82,940 (±1.8 / ±11,478)
  • about 90 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

1,910 ±289 Number of households
  • Gaffney: 4,635 ±277
  • Cherokee County: 22,063 ±448
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.4 ±0.2 (4,620  ±799) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gaffney: 2.5 11,501 (±0.2 / ±86)
  • a little less than 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

4.9% ±5.6% (68  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gaffney: 6.9% † 207 (±3.7% / ±111)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cherokee County: 7.2% † 924 (±1.8% / ±228)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

2,322 ±225 Number of housing units
  • Gaffney: 5,384 ±325
  • Cherokee County: 25,150 ±46
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$121,300 ±$19,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gaffney: $137,700 † ±$26,802
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $142,000 † ±$15,173
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

12.8% ±4.5% (675  ±258.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gaffney: 20.4% † 2,523 (±4.2% / ±516.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 9.9% † 5,551 (±1.4% / ±790.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

89.8% ±23.9% (2,893  ±527.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gaffney: 84.5% 6,650 (±5.9% / ±606.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 85.2% 33,071 (±3.2% / ±1,256.1)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
16.5% ±6.4% (533  ±229.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gaffney: 23.1% † 1,816 (±4.4% / ±358.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% 7,144 (±1.6% / ±628.3)
  • about half 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

2.5% ±1.5% (134  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gaffney: 6.4% † 803 (±1.9% / ±237)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 3.2% 1,788
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

8.4% ±3.5% (393  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 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)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
393 Total veterans ±174 346 Male ±152 47 Female ±50

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