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Walterboro, SC

5,490 Population
6.8 square miles 802.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±7.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Colleton County: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,800 ±$4,195 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Colleton County: $27,859 ±$1,494
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$48,366 ±$9,995 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Colleton County: $48,779 ±$1,834
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

30.7% ±10.1% (1,626  ±535) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colleton County: 18.7% † 7,055 (±2.6% / ±965)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

34.9 minutes ±4.7 (78,025  ±19,085) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Colleton County: 35.6 508,270 (±2.2 / ±44,557)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

2,332 ±206 Number of households
  • Colleton County: 15,968 ±350
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.3 ±0.2 (5,333  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Colleton County: 2.4 38,061 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

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

Housing

2,621 ±275 Number of housing units
  • Colleton County: 19,994 ±64
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$170,500 ±$21,453 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colleton County: $145,900 † ±$14,789
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

3.4% ±3% (189  ±163.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Colleton County: 6.7% † 2,559 (±1.4% / ±534.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

80.8% ±10.3% (3,050  ±472.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Colleton County: 85.6% 23,101 (±4% / ±1,090.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
19.8% ±5.4% (749  ±212.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colleton County: 16.7% † 4,500 (±1.8% / ±484.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.9% ±3.3% (266  ±181) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Colleton County: 2.5% 949
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

4.8% ±3.2% (200  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Colleton County: 8.9% † 2,643 (±1.4% / ±407)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
200 Total veterans ±133 200 Male ±133 N/A Female ±20

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