Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Sheldon CCD, Beaufort County, SC

3,827 Population
138.7 square miles 27.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

58.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Beaufort County: 48.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,116 ±$5,647 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Beaufort County: $53,951 ±$1,837
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,481 ±$15,373 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Beaufort County: $86,573 ±$3,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.7% ±8.9% (867  ±364) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Beaufort County: 9.6% † 18,139 (±1.1% / ±2,060)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.7 minutes ±3 (39,500  ±11,969) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Beaufort County: 23.6 1,823,635 (±0.9 / ±78,463)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,781 ±247 Number of households
  • Beaufort County: 82,333 ±953
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (3,818  ±551) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Beaufort County: 2.3 188,126 (±0 / ±197)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±7.5% (30  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Beaufort County: 4.8% † 1,752 (±1.1% / ±410)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,283 ±279 Number of housing units
  • Beaufort County: 103,177 ±109
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$235,700 ±$53,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Beaufort County: $455,600 ±$10,790
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±4.2% (304  ±166.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Beaufort County: 14.1% 27,412 (±1.2% / ±2,259.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±7.6% (3,033  ±474.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Beaufort County: 94.7% 134,682 (±2.2% / ±3,100.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±5.3% (838  ±205.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Beaufort County: 46% 65,436 (±1.4% / ±2,038)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.3% ±3.3% (165  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Beaufort County: 7.7% 15,114
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.7% ±7.1% (499  ±251) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Beaufort County: 11% 16,866 (±0.7% / ±1,091)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
499 Total veterans ±251 406 Male ±175 93 Female ±103

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.