Blacksburg vs Cherokee Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Blacksburg and Cherokee Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Blacksburg and Cherokee Falls are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blacksburg has the higher population (2,158 vs 28 in Cherokee Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Blacksburg	Cherokee Falls
Population	2,158	28
Median age	32.7 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,500	—
Median home value	$137,000	—
Median gross rent	$789	—
Housing units	980	10
Homeownership rate	37.6%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacksburg	Cherokee Falls
Population	1,939 → 2,158 (+11.3%)	0 → 28 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$19,219 → $33,500 (+74.3%)	—
Median home value	$83,000 → $137,000 (+65.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$623 → $789 (+26.6%)	—

Blacksburg

Population

1,9392,158

Median household income

$19,219$33,500

Median home value

$83,000$137,000

Median gross rent

$623$789

Cherokee Falls

Population

028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacksburg	Cherokee Falls
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	28.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	32.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	17.9%
75 and over	8.6%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacksburg	Cherokee Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	18.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacksburg	Cherokee Falls
No high school diploma	24.9%	28.6%
High school graduate	40.2%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacksburg	Cherokee Falls
Drove alone	76.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacksburg	Cherokee Falls
1-unit, detached	57.3%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	40.0%

Poverty & households

	Blacksburg	Cherokee Falls
Poverty rate	33.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1972	—