Cash vs Cheraw

A side-by-side comparison of Cash and Cheraw: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cheraw has the higher population (5,024 vs 645 in Cash). Cheraw has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $57,300 in Cash). Since 2019, Cash's population has grown faster (+116.4% vs -11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cash	Cheraw
Population	645	5,024
Median age	37.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$27,275
Median home value	$57,300	$113,400
Median gross rent	—	$806
Housing units	297	2,516
Homeownership rate	88.1%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cash	Cheraw
Population	298 → 645 (+116.4%)	5,657 → 5,024 (-11.2%)
Median household income	—	$33,200 → $27,275 (-17.8%)
Median home value	$47,700 → $57,300 (+20.1%)	$109,600 → $113,400 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$668 → $806 (+20.7%)

Cash

Population

298645

Median home value

$47,700$57,300

Cheraw

Population

5,6575,024

Median household income

$33,200$27,275

Median home value

$109,600$113,400

Median gross rent

$668$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cash	Cheraw
Under 5	0.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	13.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	25.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	16.0%
55 to 64	1.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.6%
75 and over	3.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cash	Cheraw
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	36.3%
Black or African American	85.9%	53.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cash	Cheraw
No high school diploma	22.5%	16.8%
High school graduate	49.3%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cash	Cheraw
Drove alone	58.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	37.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	10.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cash	Cheraw
1-unit, detached	13.5%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	86.5%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Cash	Cheraw
Poverty rate	33.2%	35.4%
Average household size	3.07	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	36	15
Median year structure built	1994	1968