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Meggett, SC

1,274 Population
18.1 square miles 70.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±10.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$60,478 ±$15,268 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $46,863 ±$1,044
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$96,032 ±$14,878 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $82,272 ±$1,253
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

8.9% ±7.3% (113  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 11.2% 89,836 (±0.6% / ±4,555)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

35.9 minutes ±24.3 (19,585  ±8,864) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.4 9,777,660 (±0.3 / ±151,882)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

578 ±176 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 327,420 ±2,029
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.4 (1,274  ±454) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.5 801,368 (±0 / ±193)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

4.7% ±5.7% (11  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 5.7% † 11,376 (±0.6% / ±1,174)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

718 ±181 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 370,246 ±285
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$594,800 ±$153,900 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $345,400 ±$3,597
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

2.9% ±2.5% (37  ±34.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 14.9% 120,035 (±0.6% / ±4,919.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

91.3% ±33.9% (897  ±193.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 91.9% 524,563 (±1.1% / ±6,507.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
46.4% ±5.1% (456  ±146.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 40% 227,969 (±0.7% / ±4,135.3)
  • 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

0.3% ±0.5% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6.4% 51,925
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

11.5% ±4.9% (118  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.2% 64,226 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
118 Total veterans ±35 118 Male ±35 N/A Female ±14

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