Household incomes in Cherryvale are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, where South Carolina has 26 and the U.S. 26. 23.0% of residents are in poverty (South Carolina 14.1%). Cherryvale grades D for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cherryvale apart on work
Cherryvale and Sumter trade workers both ways
Sumter is the top workplace for Cherryvale residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Cherryvale come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cherryvale is a place people come home to
There are 145 jobs based in Cherryvale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cherryvale has about 1,900 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Cherryvale are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across South Carolina. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical South Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 861 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cherryvale
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cherryvale is better than 7% of U.S. towns, #149 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Cherryvale’s grade up (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (26.7%, U.S. 5.2%).
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cherryvale stays D.
29% of working residents work in Sumter
Where Cherryvale clocks in
29% of workers
8% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who commutes out of Cherryvale, and who commutes in
On a workday 854 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Cherryvale on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 20 minutes each way for Cherryvale’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherryvale workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,101 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
145 jobs are based in Cherryvale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherryvale, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 145. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cherryvale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cherryvale commutes
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Cherryvale is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cherryvale is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #131 of 169 in South Carolina. Both inputs place Cherryvale near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,231 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 30.0% of Cherryvale households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Cherryvale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cherryvale and other U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 329 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 462 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 472 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,615 | Ripley NY | 2,255 | $53K | 15.0% | 4.0% | 12% | D |
| 4,616 | Lawrence Township OH | 2,245 | $66K | 26.6% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,617 | Cherryvale SC | 2,611 | $40K | 23.0% | 26.7% | 1% | D |
| 4,618 | Quanah TX | 2,097 | $51K | 14.3% | 3.1% | 30% | D |
| 4,619 | Liberty Township IN | 1,946 | $50K | 16.2% | 2.8% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cherryvale, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Bordering towns draw 29% of Cherryvale’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherryvale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherryvale | – | D | C | 20 min | $40,428 |
| Sumter | 29% | C− | B | 20 min | $55,592 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sumter. Darker towns draw more of Cherryvale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cherryvale: questions
What is the median household income in Cherryvale?
$40,428 (±$12,842) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherryvale?
23.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherryvale?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherryvale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sumter (29%, 4 mi), Columbia (8%, 26 mi), Florence (2%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cherryvale walkable?
Cherryvale is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherryvale without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherryvale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherryvale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.