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Dorchester School District 2, SC

152,096 Population
231.1 square miles 658.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dorchester County: 38.2 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,018 ±$2,072 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dorchester County: $36,001 ±$1,796
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $38,097 ±$443
$80,347 ±$6,556 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dorchester County: $78,137 ±$5,972
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $67,804 ±$1,049

9.5% ±2.2% (14,307  ±3,349) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dorchester County: 10.5% † 17,499 (±2.3% / ±3,841)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 13.9% 726,799 (±0.5% / ±24,733)

30.8 minutes ±0.7 (2,004,820  ±67,737) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Dorchester County: 31 2,200,635 (±0.6 / ±66,326)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

59,614 ±1,730 Number of households
  • Dorchester County: 65,532 ±1,467
  • South Carolina: 2,177,733 ±10,033
2.5 ±0.1 (151,405  ±3,160) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dorchester County: 2.6 167,782 (±0.1 / ±45)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,234,462

6.2% ±2.7% (2,251  ±1,004) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Dorchester County: 6.2% † 2,565 (±2.5% / ±1,009)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 67,375 (±0.4% / ±4,960)

Housing

62,574 ±1,037 Number of housing units
  • Dorchester County: 69,568 ±32
  • South Carolina: 2,490,327 ±211

$335,100 ±$10,560 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dorchester County: $327,100 ±$11,317
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $272,900 ±$2,295

18.3% ±4.1% (27,556  ±6,125.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 17.3% † 29,045 (±3.7% / ±6,167.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.4% 661,235 (±0.4% / ±23,384.2)

Social

93.6% ±4.8% (95,878  ±5,515.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dorchester County: 92.8% 106,771 (±5% / ±5,875.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.2% 3,378,472 (±0.9% / ±33,037.7)
32.3% ±3.3% (33,063  ±3,436.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 30.8% † 35,429 (±3.1% / ±3,632.6)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 32.9% 1,232,848 (±0.5% / ±19,277.1)

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

5.8% ±1.7% (8,811  ±2,590) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Dorchester County: 6% 10,209
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.9% 316,438

13.2% ±2% (15,011  ±2,264) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 12.1% † 15,400 (±1.8% / ±2,277)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 349,871 (±0.3% / ±11,007)
15,011 Total veterans ±2,264 13,061 Male ±2,001 1,950 Female ±800

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