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Goose Creek, SC

48,078 Population
42.4 square miles 1,132.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$39,296 ±$2,098 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $48,581 ±$843
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$88,178 ±$3,979 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $85,254 ±$1,335
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

6.5% ±1.3% (2,945  ±571) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.9% 89,180 (±0.6% / ±4,468)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

26.7 minutes ±0.9 (656,280  ±41,966) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.7 9,927,295 (±0.4 / ±171,332)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

17,780 ±493 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 335,865 ±1,799
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.6 ±0.1 (45,628  ±135) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.4 817,925 (±0 / ±198)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

5.9% ±1.9% (713  ±233) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6% † 12,082 (±0.7% / ±1,433)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

18,500 ±553 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 378,268 ±154
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$306,000 ±$10,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $377,500 ±$3,827
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

17.9% ±2.5% (8,547  ±1,175.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 14.5% 119,195 (±0.6% / ±5,092.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

93.4% ±4% (28,733  ±1,490.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 92.6% 540,020 (±1.1% / ±6,569.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
29.7% ±2.1% (9,154  ±685.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 40.8% 238,132 (±0.7% / ±4,085.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

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

8.3% ±1.5% (4,005  ±699) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6.5% 54,075
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

14.2% ±1.8% (4,725  ±603) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.1% 64,665 (±0.4% / ±2,572)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
4,725 Total veterans ±603 4,020 Male ±493 705 Female ±238

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