Cheraw is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 4,946 people and five associated neighborhoods, Cheraw is the 78th largest community in South Carolina.Cheraw is a blue-collar town, with 43.71% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Cheraw is a town of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cheraw who work in management occupations (9.54%), sales jobs (7.03%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.72%). 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 15.04 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. As is often the case in a small town, Cheraw doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Cheraw who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.26% of the adults in Cheraw have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Cheraw in 2022 was $27,463, 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 $109,852 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 37.04% 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, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Cheraw is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
