Cheraw is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 4,995 people and five associated neighborhoods, Cheraw is the 78th largest community in South Carolina.When you are in Cheraw, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.57% of Cheraw’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Cheraw is a town of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cheraw who work in office and administrative support (6.66%), sales jobs (6.30%), and healthcare (6.05%). Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Cheraw spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.81 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small town, Cheraw does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Cheraw are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.02% of adults in Cheraw having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Cheraw in 2022 was $26,499, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,996 for a family of four. However, Cheraw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cheraw also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.44% of its population below the federal poverty line.Cheraw is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cheraw home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cheraw residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Cheraw include English, German, Irish, European, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Cheraw is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
