Cherokee County vs Darlington County

A side-by-side comparison of Cherokee County and Darlington County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherokee County and Darlington County are counties in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Darlington County has the higher population (62,754 vs 56,299 in Cherokee County). Cherokee County has the higher median household income ($49,047 vs $47,419 in Darlington County). Darlington County has the higher median home value ($141,400 vs $135,200 in Cherokee County).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee County	Darlington County
Population	56,299	62,754
Median age	40.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,047	$47,419
Median home value	$135,200	$141,400
Median gross rent	$813	$876
Housing units	24,945	29,645
Homeownership rate	73.3%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee County	Darlington County
Population	56,895 → 56,299 (-1.0%)	67,027 → 62,754 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$36,883 → $49,047 (+33.0%)	$38,448 → $47,419 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $135,200 (+33.2%)	$92,600 → $141,400 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $813 (+14.2%)	$675 → $876 (+29.8%)

Cherokee County

Population

56,89556,299

Median household income

$36,883$49,047

Median home value

$101,500$135,200

Median gross rent

$712$813

Darlington County

Population

67,02762,754

Median household income

$38,448$47,419

Median home value

$92,600$141,400

Median gross rent

$675$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee County	Darlington County
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.1%
75 and over	6.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee County	Darlington County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	53.5%
Black or African American	18.8%	40.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee County	Darlington County
No high school diploma	14.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee County	Darlington County
Drove alone	83.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.9%
Other means	1.4%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee County	Darlington County
1-unit, detached	63.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee County	Darlington County
Poverty rate	18.5%	20.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1982	1983