A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Sumter$1,190/mo

Typical home $208K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.56% · or rent about $1,076/mo · Housing →

Cherryvale$490/mo

Typical home $91K (Census) · tax rate 0.22% · or rent about $809/mo · Housing →

The difference: $700 a month, about $8,400 a year, between Sumter and Cherryvale.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Sumter and Cherryvale share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

SumterCherryvale

Sumter ↔ Cherryvale3.7 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

250 Cherryvale residents work in Sumter (29% of its workers)

Work & commute in Cherryvale →

Report cards

Cherryvale places higher on 8 of 18 SC lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every South Carolina ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

D−SumterSafer than 4% of U.S. towns –CherryvaleNot graded

Schools

C−SumterBetter than 22% of districts in the state C−CherryvaleBetter than 22% of districts in the state

Health

CSumterHealthier than 26% of U.S. towns C+CherryvaleHealthier than 40% of U.S. towns

7Sumter

8Cherryvale

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest property taxCost of living · 172 towns #86#1 Most educatedPeople · 173 towns #71#150 Most walkableOutdoors · 173 towns #53#120 Most affordableCost of living · 171 towns #73#7 Cheapest rentCost of living · 170 towns #89#34 Fastest growingGrowth · 157 towns #74#121 Highest incomeIncome · 172 towns #93#143 Most remote workersWork · 168 towns #106#68

Left end = #1 in South Carolina. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Sumter’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

SumterCherryvale

Snow a year0″1″

January low33°F 35°F

July high90°F 91°F

Growing season (days)230d 239d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)45th 52nd

Outdoors & history

SumterCherryvale

Trails20 mi —

Conserved land7.4%—

Settled1845 —

National Register places10 —

Archive photos24 —

Famous people born here69 —

Community

SumterCherryvale

Library hours a week40 hrs —

Colleges in town3 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs South Carolina average

SumterCherryvale

People

Population 43,053Highest 2,611Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.3%Highest SC: +10.7% -3.6%Lowest SC: +10.7%

Median age 33.6±1.6Highest 16% below SC 25.6±4.2Lowest 36% below SC

Kids under 18 26%±2.1Highest SC: 21.4% 20.6%±6.9Lowest SC: 21.4%

Sumter and Cherryvale are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 17.6%±1.5Highest SC: 18.9% 8.6%±3.6Lowest SC: 18.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.7%Highest SC: 32.1% 13.6%Lowest SC: 32.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.3%±1Highest SC: 5.7% 3%±2.3Lowest SC: 5.7%

Sumter and Cherryvale are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,592±$4kHighest 20% below SC $40,428±$13kLowest 42% below SC

Sumter and Cherryvale are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $199,100±$11kHighest 23% below SC $90,500±$33kLowest 65% below SC

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,076±$60Highest 9% below SC $809±$283Lowest 31% below SC

Sumter and Cherryvale are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,123Highest 10% below SC $199Lowest 84% below SC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.2%±5.9Lowest SC: 52.1% 58.7%±17.8Highest SC: 52.1%

Cherryvale and Sumter are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 16.7%Lowest SC: 14.1% 23%Highest SC: 14.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57.2%Highest SC: 71.9% 29.2%Lowest SC: 71.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 6 yrs older than SC 1982Lowest 10 yrs older than SC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 23% below SC 20 minHighest 23% below SC

Work from home 6.1%±1.5Lowest SC: 11.5% 10.6%±9.9Highest SC: 11.5%

Cherryvale and Sumter are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 31%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 19.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.37Highest 0.17Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbia (7%)Sumter (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Cherryvale29% work in Sumter

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 20.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 16Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 70.5Highest 45.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #107 of 141 in SC #135 of 141 in SC

School district Sumter 01Sumter 01

High school in town Sumter High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 17.0 —

South Carolina average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Sumter vs Cherryvale

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $700 more a month in Sumter

Sumter and Cherryvale share a border

Cherryvale places higher on 8 of 18 SC lists

What daily life feels like in each

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