East Gaffney, South Carolina

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Back to East Gaffney, SC housing info, Cherokee County, South Carolina, SC smaller cities, SC small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for East Gaffney, SC Cherokee County Population in July 2007: 3,429. Males: 1,682   (49.1%) Females: 1,747   (50.9%) Median resident age:   35.7 years South Carolina median age:   35.4 years Zip codes: 29340. Estimated median household income in 2008: $28,824 (it was $24,527 in 2000) East Gaffney:   $28,824 South Carolina:   $44,625 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $16,080 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $83,464 (it was $51,300 in 2000) East Gaffney:   $83,464 South Carolina:   $138,700 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $85,881; Detached houses: $94,861; Townhouses or other attached units: $123,603; Mobile homes: $24,085 East Gaffney, SC residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for: near:   Races in East Gaffney: White Non-Hispanic (76.2%) Black (20.4%) Hispanic (2.6%) Other race (0.9%) Two or more races (0.7%) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in East Gaffney: 79.1 (low, U.S. average is 100) Discuss East Gaffney, South Carolina on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users Ancestries: United States (29.5%), Irish (6.9%), German (2.9%), English (2.6%), Scotch-Irish (1.4%), Dutch (1.4%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Elevation: 730 feet Land area: 3.17 square miles. Population density: 1083 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in East Gaffney, South Carolina

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East Gaffney-area historical tornado activity is slightly above South Carolina state average. It is 46% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.8 miles away from the East Gaffney place center killed 2 people and injured 35 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 tornado 26.9 miles away from the place center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

East Gaffney-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below South Carolina state average. It is 90% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 97.1 miles away from East Gaffney center
On 4/13/1998 at 09:56:11, a magnitude 3.9 (3.5 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 73.6 miles away from the city center
On 8/25/2005 at 03:09:42, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MW, Depth: 5.0 mi) earthquake occurred 86.0 miles away from the city center
On 12/7/2007 at 11:07:03, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 32.2 miles away from East Gaffney center
On 6/5/1998 at 02:31:01, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 53.2 miles away from the city center
On 8/4/2007 at 10:04:46, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 5.8 mi) earthquake occurred 38.4 miles away from East Gaffney center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)

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Churches in East Gaffney include: Calvary Baptist Church (A), New Hope Church (B), Christian Heights Baptist Church (C), East Gaffney Baptist Church (D), Temple Church (E), Beech Street Presbyterian Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.4 people
South Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	66.4%
Whole state:	69.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	6.6%
Whole state:	4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.4% of all households

This place:	22.6%
Whole state:	14.1%

This place:	10.4%
Whole state:	6.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in East Gaffney, SC

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Here		58.1%
USA		50.2%

4.76% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,615 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.76%
South Carolina average:	8.00%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

from Spartanburg County, SC	1.52% ($24,848 average AGI)
from Cleveland County, NC	0.38% ($23,485)
from Greenville County, SC	0.22% ($28,744)

4.37% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,519 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.37%
South Carolina average:	6.88%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

to Spartanburg County, SC	1.65% ($33,704 average AGI)
to Cleveland County, NC	0.26% ($30,043)
to Greenville County, SC	0.22% ($42,850)

• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006"
• #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"