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Wadmalaw Island CCD, Charleston County, SC

2,702 Population
41.9 square miles 64.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±11.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Charleston County: 39 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$63,750 ±$9,871 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Charleston County: $54,769 ±$1,837
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$93,480 ±$17,605 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Charleston County: $84,320 ±$1,939
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

5% ±2.6% (136  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Charleston County: 11.6% 47,041 (±0.8% / ±3,238)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

41.8 minutes ±16.7 (42,295  ±20,988) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Charleston County: 24.9 4,503,365 (±0.4 / ±104,171)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

1,063 ±179 Number of households
  • Charleston County: 175,499 ±1,636
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.5 ±0.3 (2,692  ±548) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Charleston County: 2.3 403,936 (±0 / ±148)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,266 ±167 Number of housing units
  • Charleston County: 206,299 ±172
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$442,100 ±$153,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Charleston County: $450,800 ±$8,748
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

7.9% ±6.7% (214  ±184.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Charleston County: 15.7% 64,447 (±0.9% / ±3,608.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

92.3% ±7.7% (1,954  ±308.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Charleston County: 92.9% 277,750 (±1.5% / ±4,590.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
40.8% ±9.4% (864  ±229.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Charleston County: 49% 146,599 (±1.1% / ±3,244.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

4.4% ±3.1% (118  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Charleston County: 6.5% 26,816
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7.2% ±3.4% (158  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Charleston County: 8.4% 27,598 (±0.5% / ±1,559)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
158 Total veterans ±78 158 Male ±78 N/A Female ±14

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