Gaffney is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 12,484 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Gaffney is the 40th largest community in South Carolina.Gaffney is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gaffney is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gaffney who work in teaching (9.90%), office and administrative support (9.45%), and sales jobs (9.39%). Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Gaffney spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.92 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small city, Gaffney does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Gaffney overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Gaffney, 21.79% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Gaffney in 2022 was $22,523, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,092 for a family of four. However, Gaffney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gaffney is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gaffney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gaffney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gaffney include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Gaffney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
