Cheraw vs Jefferson

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

Cheraw and Jefferson 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 753 in Jefferson). Jefferson has the higher median household income ($35,227 vs $27,275 in Cheraw). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $113,400 in Cheraw).

Population, income & housing

	Cheraw	Jefferson
Population	5,024	753
Median age	45.1 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$27,275	$35,227
Median home value	$113,400	$125,700
Median gross rent	$806	$295
Housing units	2,516	374
Homeownership rate	44.8%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheraw	Jefferson
Population	5,657 → 5,024 (-11.2%)	950 → 753 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$33,200 → $27,275 (-17.8%)	$40,417 → $35,227 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $113,400 (+3.5%)	$85,900 → $125,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $806 (+20.7%)	$427 → $295 (-30.9%)

Cheraw

Population

5,6575,024

Median household income

$33,200$27,275

Median home value

$109,600$113,400

Median gross rent

$668$806

Jefferson

Population

950753

Median household income

$40,417$35,227

Median home value

$85,900$125,700

Median gross rent

$427$295

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheraw	Jefferson
Under 5	5.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	21.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	4.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.4%
75 and over	8.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheraw	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	63.6%
Black or African American	53.4%	32.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheraw	Jefferson
No high school diploma	16.8%	19.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheraw	Jefferson
Drove alone	80.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	2.6%
Other means	10.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheraw	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	63.4%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	12.8%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Cheraw	Jefferson
Poverty rate	35.4%	21.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1968	1975