Cherryvale vs Lakewood

A side-by-side comparison of Cherryvale and Lakewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakewood has the higher population (3,154 vs 3,136 in Cherryvale). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($49,255 vs $41,563 in Cherryvale). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($260,900 vs $91,000 in Cherryvale).

Population, income & housing

	Cherryvale	Lakewood
Population	3,136	3,154
Median age	24.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,563	$49,255
Median home value	$91,000	$260,900
Median gross rent	$950	$928
Housing units	1,537	1,745
Homeownership rate	41.8%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	23.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherryvale	Lakewood
Population	3,318 → 3,136 (-5.5%)	2,749 → 3,154 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$35,159 → $41,563 (+18.2%)	$41,725 → $49,255 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$49,500 → $91,000 (+83.8%)	$89,100 → $260,900 (+192.8%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $950 (+37.5%)	$763 → $928 (+21.6%)

Cherryvale

Population

3,3183,136

Median household income

$35,159$41,563

Median home value

$49,500$91,000

Median gross rent

$691$950

Lakewood

Population

2,7493,154

Median household income

$41,725$49,255

Median home value

$89,100$260,900

Median gross rent

$763$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherryvale	Lakewood
Under 5	11.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	24.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	19.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	5.9%	18.1%
45 to 54	6.1%	6.8%
55 to 64	6.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	15.7%
75 and over	5.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherryvale	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	43.4%
Black or African American	54.5%	44.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherryvale	Lakewood
No high school diploma	5.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	43.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherryvale	Lakewood
Drove alone	64.0%	89.1%
Carpooled	15.3%	3.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.8%
Other means	7.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherryvale	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	33.8%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.9%	26.4%

Poverty & households

	Cherryvale	Lakewood
Poverty rate	19.2%	10.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1984	1986