Cheraw vs Pageland

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

Cheraw and Pageland 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 2,476 in Pageland). Pageland has the higher median household income ($40,236 vs $27,275 in Cheraw). Pageland has the higher median home value ($168,300 vs $113,400 in Cheraw).

Population, income & housing

	Cheraw	Pageland
Population	5,024	2,476
Median age	45.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$27,275	$40,236
Median home value	$113,400	$168,300
Median gross rent	$806	$691
Housing units	2,516	1,137
Homeownership rate	44.8%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheraw	Pageland
Population	5,657 → 5,024 (-11.2%)	2,661 → 2,476 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$33,200 → $27,275 (-17.8%)	$38,212 → $40,236 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $113,400 (+3.5%)	$104,800 → $168,300 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $806 (+20.7%)	$747 → $691 (-7.5%)

Cheraw

Population

5,6575,024

Median household income

$33,200$27,275

Median home value

$109,600$113,400

Median gross rent

$668$806

Pageland

Population

2,6612,476

Median household income

$38,212$40,236

Median home value

$104,800$168,300

Median gross rent

$747$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheraw	Pageland
Under 5	5.1%	10.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	16.0%	19.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.3%
75 and over	8.5%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheraw	Pageland
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	42.2%
Black or African American	53.4%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheraw	Pageland
No high school diploma	16.8%	19.9%
High school graduate	35.1%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheraw	Pageland
Drove alone	80.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	12.3%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.8%
Other means	10.8%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheraw	Pageland
1-unit, detached	63.4%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Cheraw	Pageland
Poverty rate	35.4%	22.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	30
Median year structure built	1968	1976