Cherokee County, South Carolina (SC)

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• • 40,54769.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 11,00319.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,9805.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,2863.9%Two or more races
  • 9451.6%Some other race alone
  • 1050.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1020.2%Asian alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 15
• Robberies: 8
• Assaults: 103
• Burglaries: 290
• Thefts: 461
• Auto thefts: 137

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 13
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 76
• Burglaries: 183
• Thefts: 367
• Auto thefts: 99

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $698 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $491 (0.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cherokee County is $394 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $481 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $576 a month.

Cities in this county include: Gaffney, Macedonia, East Gaffney, Saratt, Blacksburg.

Neighboring counties: Anderson County , Cabarrus County, North Carolina , Chesterfield County , Greenville County , Oconee County , Hoke County, North Carolina , Jackson County, North Carolina , Mecklenburg County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 1,664
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,458 (28.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 6662010 or later
• 3162000 to 2009
• 3221990 to 1999
• 1861980 to 1989
• 861970 to 1979
• 100Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 89.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 16,085
• One, attached: 114
• Two: 428
• 3 or 4: 726
• 5 to 9: 937
• 10 to 19: 360
• 20 to 49: 228
• 50 or more: 91
• Mobile homes: 6,228
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 198

Housing units in Cherokee County with a mortgage: 7,117 (365 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 323 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 511

Religion statistics for Cherokee County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cherokee County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• South Carolina Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4492, Natural disaster type: Other
• South Carolina Hurricane Irma, Incident Period: September 6, 2017 - September 13, 2017, FEMA Id: 4346, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Hurricane Matthew, Incident Period: October 04, 2016 to October 30, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3378: October 06, 2016, FEMA Id: 3378, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 01, 2015 to October 23, 2015, Emergency Declared EM-3373: October 03, 2015, FEMA Id: 3373, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Carolina Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: February 10, 2014 to February 19, 2014, Emergency Declared EM-3369: February 12, 2014, FEMA Id: 3369, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• South Carolina Severe Ice Storm, Incident Period: December 15, 2005 to December 16, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1625: January 20, 2006, FEMA Id: 1625, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• South Carolina Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3233: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3233, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Tropical Storm Frances, Incident Period: September 06, 2004 to October 11, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1566: October 07, 2004, FEMA Id: 1566, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• South Carolina Severe Ice Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2004 to January 30, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1509: February 13, 2004, FEMA Id: 1509, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• South Carolina Severe Ice Storm, Incident Period: December 04, 2002 to December 06, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1451: January 08, 2003, FEMA Id: 1451, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.02% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($42,009 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.22% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($21,155 average AGI)
2.80% relocated from other states ($20,854 average AGI)

Cherokee County:	2.80%
South Carolina average:	4.96%

from Spartanburg County, SC	1.95% ($40,838 average AGI)
from Cleveland County, NC	0.53% ($38,113)
from York County, SC	0.40% ($33,062)
from Gaston County, NC	0.28% ($45,571)
from Greenville County, SC	0.27% ($45,434)
from Mecklenburg County, NC	0.18% ($46,114)
from Rutherford County, NC	0.13% ($37,720)

5.73% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($39,272 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.66% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($25,233 average AGI)
2.08% relocated to other states ($14,039 average AGI)

Cherokee County:	2.08%
South Carolina average:	3.47%

to Spartanburg County, SC	2.20% ($42,415 average AGI)
to Cleveland County, NC	0.35% ($38,057)
to Greenville County, SC	0.28% ($33,089)
to York County, SC	0.24% ($38,188)
to Gaston County, NC	0.20% ($32,462)
to Mecklenburg County, NC	0.14% ($32,185)
to Union County, SC	0.13% ($27,680)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 14.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cherokee County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 10,411 (3,214 living alone), Female householders: 12,071 (4,404 living alone)

• 9,677 spouses (9,520 opposite-sex spouses), 1,158 unmarried partners, (1,140 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 16,766 children (15,430 natural, 573 adopted, 766 stepchildren), 1,766 grandchildren, 1,045 brothers or sisters, 605 parents, 122 foster children, 1,501 other relatives, 1,400 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,044

Size of family households: 6,862 2-persons, 3,286 3-persons, 1,754 4-persons, 1,354 5-persons, 527 6-persons, 88 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,622 1-person, 849 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 13 5-persons.

6,659 married couples with children.
4,047 single-parent households (882 men, 3,165 women).

95.1% of residents of Cherokee speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (87% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $240,158,000 ($4,465 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,197,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $119,444,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $52,452,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,170,000
Federal grants: $58,524,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,278,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,290,000 ($692,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $257,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,420,000
Federal Government insurance: $4,123,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 11.68 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Cherokee County, South Carolina
• 2992020 or later
• 1,7562010 to 2019
• 3,8952000 to 2009
• 4,2291990 to 1999
• 3,5811980 to 1989
• 4,2521970 to 1979
• 2,7041960 to 1969
• 1,4471950 to 1959
• 1,0841940 to 1949
• 1,2121939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, South Carolina
• 1701 room
• 422 rooms
• 2113 rooms
• 1,4834 rooms
• 4,4265 rooms
• 4,0966 rooms
• 2,3257 rooms
• 1,6188 rooms
• 1,7509+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, South Carolina
• 1461 room
• 1972 rooms
• 5073 rooms
• 1,9434 rooms
• 1,7085 rooms
• 9996 rooms
• 3957 rooms
• 1458 rooms
• 2159+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, South Carolina
• 188no bedroom
• 1551 bedroom
• 3,0502 bedrooms
• 9,9173 bedrooms
• 2,3934 bedrooms
• 3575+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, South Carolina
• 154no bedroom
• 8811 bedroom
• 2,5042 bedrooms
• 2,1953 bedrooms
• 4964 bedrooms
• 665+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County, South Carolina in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 410no vehicle
• 4,8181 vehicle
• 5,5252 vehicles
• 3,4493 vehicles
• 1,3194 vehicles
• 6225+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County in renter-occupied apartments
• 868no vehicle
• 2,9461 vehicle
• 1,8392 vehicles
• 5393 vehicles
• 984 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

89.2% of Cherokee County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in South Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 38,352
• Other state: 17,155
• Northeast: 2,491
• Midwest: 1,497
• South: 11,603
• West: 1,424

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,391
• Number of aged recipients: 125
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,266
• Number of recipients under 18: 228
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 890
• Number of recipients older than 64: 273
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 575
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 620

Cherokee County on our top lists:

• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #28 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"