Cherokee Falls vs Gaffney

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

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

Gaffney has the higher population (12,612 vs 28 in Cherokee Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee Falls	Gaffney
Population	28	12,612
Median age	49.7 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,214
Median home value	—	$141,100
Median gross rent	—	$822
Housing units	10	5,422
Homeownership rate	60.0%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee Falls	Gaffney
Population	0 → 28 (+0.0%)	12,582 → 12,612 (+0.2%)
Median household income	—	$31,047 → $41,214 (+32.7%)
Median home value	—	$111,100 → $141,100 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$689 → $822 (+19.3%)

Cherokee Falls

Population

028

Gaffney

Population

12,58212,612

Median household income

$31,047$41,214

Median home value

$111,100$141,100

Median gross rent

$689$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee Falls	Gaffney
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.5%
35 to 44	28.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	32.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	17.9%	9.0%
75 and over	21.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee Falls	Gaffney
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	42.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	40.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee Falls	Gaffney
No high school diploma	28.6%	15.2%
High school graduate	39.3%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee Falls	Gaffney
Drove alone	100.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee Falls	Gaffney
1-unit, detached	60.0%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	40.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee Falls	Gaffney
Poverty rate	0.0%	24.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	—	1974