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Central, SC

5,299 Population
3.3 square miles 1,630.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,506 ±$4,362 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $38,413 ±$671
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$58,262 ±$13,874 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $69,016 ±$1,036
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

31.4% ±7.3% (1,529  ±353) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 13.1% 120,212 (±0.5% / ±4,744)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

19.2 minutes ±1.9 (40,985  ±7,839) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 24.9 9,918,085 (±0.4 / ±174,190)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

1,892 ±156 Number of households
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 375,603 ±1,808
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.6 ±0.2 (4,891  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 2.5 920,189 (±0 / ±152)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

14.3% ±7.7% (254  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 5.8% 12,965 (±0.4% / ±866)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

2,162 ±246 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 413,652 ±278
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$228,500 ±$28,885 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $242,700 ±$2,423
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

30.7% ±9.1% (1,575  ±465.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 14.3% 133,661 (±0.5% / ±4,832.5)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

90.7% ±9.4% (2,178  ±342.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 89% 570,994 (±0.9% / ±5,909.1)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
48.6% ±8.3% (1,166  ±242.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 33.7% 216,297 (±0.6% / ±3,684.4)
  • about 1.5 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

10.6% ±5.1% (561  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 6.7% 62,842
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

1.7% ±1.2% (73  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 7% 51,163 (±0.2% / ±1,623)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
73 Total veterans ±49 73 Male ±49 N/A Female ±20

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