Cherryvale vs Sumter

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

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

Sumter has the higher population (43,065 vs 3,136 in Cherryvale). Sumter has the higher median household income ($53,071 vs $41,563 in Cherryvale). Sumter has the higher median home value ($188,400 vs $91,000 in Cherryvale).

Population, income & housing

	Cherryvale	Sumter
Population	3,136	43,065
Median age	24.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,563	$53,071
Median home value	$91,000	$188,400
Median gross rent	$950	$1,055
Housing units	1,537	18,742
Homeownership rate	41.8%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	23.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherryvale	Sumter
Population	3,318 → 3,136 (-5.5%)	39,800 → 43,065 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$35,159 → $41,563 (+18.2%)	$40,662 → $53,071 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$49,500 → $91,000 (+83.8%)	$138,900 → $188,400 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $950 (+37.5%)	$833 → $1,055 (+26.7%)

Cherryvale

Population

3,3183,136

Median household income

$35,159$41,563

Median home value

$49,500$91,000

Median gross rent

$691$950

Sumter

Population

39,80043,065

Median household income

$40,662$53,071

Median home value

$138,900$188,400

Median gross rent

$833$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherryvale	Sumter
Under 5	11.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	24.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	19.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	5.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	6.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.3%
75 and over	5.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherryvale	Sumter
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	38.6%
Black or African American	54.5%	47.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherryvale	Sumter
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	43.7%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherryvale	Sumter
Drove alone	64.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	5.3%
Other means	7.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherryvale	Sumter
1-unit, detached	33.8%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	59.9%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Cherryvale	Sumter
Poverty rate	19.2%	15.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1984	1986