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Dorchester School District 4, SC

16,232 Population
337.3 square miles 48.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dorchester County: 37.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,343 ±$1,713 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dorchester County: $37,279 ±$1,025
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$53,960 ±$6,380 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dorchester County: $76,896 ±$3,033
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

19.6% ±3.9% (2,928  ±624) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dorchester County: 11.5% † 18,643 (±1.2% / ±1,969)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

33.5 minutes ±2.6 (195,815  ±26,478) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dorchester County: 31 2,200,635 (±0.6 / ±66,326)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

6,390 ±485 Number of households
  • Dorchester County: 61,573 ±747
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.4 ±0 (14,991  ±1,146) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dorchester County: 2.6 162,385 (±0 / ±46)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

3.8% ±2.6% (120  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dorchester County: 5.3% † 2,081 (±1.1% / ±421)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

7,452 ±494 Number of housing units
  • Dorchester County: 66,435 ±119
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$118,700 ±$15,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Dorchester County: $294,400 ±$5,491
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

7.6% ±1.6% (1,225  ±272.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dorchester County: 12.8% † 20,748 (±1.3% / ±2,158.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

84.2% ±0.3% (10,501  ±785) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dorchester County: 91.3% 101,924 (±2.4% / ±2,685.8)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
16.6% ±2.5% (2,071  ±352.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Dorchester County: 30% 33,468 (±1.3% / ±1,443.6)
  • 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

2.9% ±1.5% (467  ±237) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Dorchester County: 6.3% 10,406
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

6.5% ±1.7% (868  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Dorchester County: 12.1% 14,829 (±0.8% / ±922)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
868 Total veterans ±237 845 Male ±240 23 Female ±23

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