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Elgin, SC

2,258 Population
4.9 square miles 464.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±10 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,360 ±$6,599 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $44,995 ±$383
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$74,167 ±$16,393 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $80,201 ±$772
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

4.4% ±4% (97  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.5% 279,994 (±0.3% / ±8,042)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

23.1 minutes ±7.1 (24,105  ±10,436) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.7 29,362,984 (±0.1 / ±234,399)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

848 ±212 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,049,805 ±3,163
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.7 ±0.9 (2,258  ±553) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,675,822 (±0 / ±743)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

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

Housing

965 ±237 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,139,944 ±364
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$177,700 ±$25,637 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $319,400 ±$2,166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

0.6% ±1.4% (13  ±32.1) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.2% 353,114 (±0.3% / ±7,852.8)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

75.6% ±26.4% (1,378  ±327.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,671,195 (±0.6% / ±10,450.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
17.4% ±7.9% (317  ±165) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39% 720,668 (±0.4% / ±6,562.9)
  • about half 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

3.4% ±5.2% (77  ±119) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 11.4% 308,897
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

9.7% ±4.8% (184  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.4% 131,808 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
184 Total veterans ±103 169 Male ±100 15 Female ±21

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