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St. Helena Island CCD, Beaufort County, SC

25,796 Population
139.9 square miles 184.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Beaufort County: 48.1 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,137 ±$5,132 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Beaufort County: $53,951 ±$1,837
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,590 ±$7,333 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Beaufort County: $86,573 ±$3,024
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±4.3% (3,776  ±1,113) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Beaufort County: 9.6% † 18,139 (±1.1% / ±2,060)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29 minutes ±2.8 (289,875  ±38,994) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Beaufort County: 23.6 1,823,635 (±0.9 / ±78,463)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,697 ±513 Number of households
  • Beaufort County: 82,333 ±953
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (25,575  ±1,325) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Beaufort County: 2.3 188,126 (±0 / ±197)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±3.3% (225  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Beaufort County: 4.8% † 1,752 (±1.1% / ±410)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,569 ±540 Number of housing units
  • Beaufort County: 103,177 ±109
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$388,000 ±$27,459 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Beaufort County: $455,600 ±$10,790
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±2.5% (2,429  ±637.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Beaufort County: 14.1% 27,412 (±1.2% / ±2,259.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±3.9% (17,608  ±1,217.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Beaufort County: 94.7% 134,682 (±2.2% / ±3,100.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42.3% ±3.1% (7,921  ±719.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Beaufort County: 46% 65,436 (±1.4% / ±2,038)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% ±1.4% (903  ±367) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Beaufort County: 7.7% 15,114
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.3% ±1.9% (2,645  ±397) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Beaufort County: 11% 16,866 (±0.7% / ±1,091)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,645 Total veterans ±397 2,231 Male ±327 414 Female ±222

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