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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gaffney is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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%). One of the benefits of Gaffney is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.92 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Gaffney does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Gaffney are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.79% of adults in Gaffney having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
