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Sheldon, SC

536 Population
4.4 square miles 122.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±23.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 46.8 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,197 ±$9,294 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $49,021 ±$1,545
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$30,239 ±$11,337 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $81,015 ±$2,575
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

14.4% ±10.4% (77  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 11.5% 24,832 (±1.1% / ±2,418)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

27.9 minutes ±4.1 (5,135  ±3,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 23.7 2,104,085 (±0.7 / ±73,520)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

275 ±119 Number of households
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 91,214 ±1,044
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2 ±0.3 (536  ±247) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 2.4 215,465 (±0 / ±219)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

32.9% ±44.5% (26  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 5.1% † 2,161 (±1% / ±400)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

345 ±129 Number of housing units
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 115,045 ±128
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

12% ±15.4% (61  ±83.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 13.8% 30,521 (±1% / ±2,093.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

86.6% ±22.8% (349  ±177.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 93.6% 150,744 (±2.1% / ±3,322.6)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
9.4% ±16.8% (38  ±69.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 42.2% 67,868 (±1.3% / ±2,050)
  • about one-third of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

14.7% ±9.8% (66  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.9% 19,091 (±0.7% / ±1,142)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
66 Total veterans ±53 57 Male ±50 9 Female ±15

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