Cherryvale vs South Sumter

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

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

Cherryvale has the higher population (3,136 vs 1,808 in South Sumter). South Sumter has the higher median household income ($42,708 vs $41,563 in Cherryvale). Cherryvale has the higher median home value ($91,000 vs $69,100 in South Sumter).

Population, income & housing

	Cherryvale	South Sumter
Population	3,136	1,808
Median age	24.9 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,563	$42,708
Median home value	$91,000	$69,100
Median gross rent	$950	$783
Housing units	1,537	980
Homeownership rate	41.8%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	23.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherryvale	South Sumter
Population	3,318 → 3,136 (-5.5%)	2,482 → 1,808 (-27.2%)
Median household income	$35,159 → $41,563 (+18.2%)	$31,622 → $42,708 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$49,500 → $91,000 (+83.8%)	$70,900 → $69,100 (-2.5%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $950 (+37.5%)	$772 → $783 (+1.4%)

Cherryvale

Population

3,3183,136

Median household income

$35,159$41,563

Median home value

$49,500$91,000

Median gross rent

$691$950

South Sumter

Population

2,4821,808

Median household income

$31,622$42,708

Median home value

$70,900$69,100

Median gross rent

$772$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherryvale	South Sumter
Under 5	11.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	21.9%
18 to 24	24.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	19.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	6.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	5.8%	7.8%
75 and over	5.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherryvale	South Sumter
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	4.1%
Black or African American	54.5%	79.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherryvale	South Sumter
No high school diploma	5.9%	20.2%
High school graduate	43.7%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherryvale	South Sumter
Drove alone	64.0%	63.0%
Carpooled	15.3%	17.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	18.2%
Other means	7.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherryvale	South Sumter
1-unit, detached	33.8%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	59.9%	35.6%

Poverty & households

	Cherryvale	South Sumter
Poverty rate	19.2%	28.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1984	1982