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Census Tract 3, Beaufort, SC

4,209 Population
3.5 square miles 1,208.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Laurel Bay: 23 ±1.1
  • about half the figure in Beaufort County: 48.1 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,669 ±$5,473 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Laurel Bay: $22,523 † ±$4,379
  • about half the amount in Beaufort County: $53,951 ±$1,837
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$62,204 ±$5,208 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Laurel Bay: $54,345 † ±$17,949
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Beaufort County: $86,573 ±$3,024
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

12% ±6.6% (503  ±287) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Laurel Bay: 17.5% † 1,028 (±8.1% / ±515)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Beaufort County: 9.6% † 18,139 (±1.1% / ±2,060)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

23.6 minutes ±2.4 (43,260  ±6,942) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Laurel Bay: 28 † 66,070 (±9.1 / ±25,864)
  • about the same as the figure in Beaufort County: 23.6 1,823,635 (±0.9 / ±78,463)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

1,533 ±226 Number of households
  • Laurel Bay: 1,947 † ±378
  • Beaufort County: 82,333 ±953
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.8 ±0.1 (4,209  ±640) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Laurel Bay: 3 5,882 (±0.1 / ±1,156)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Beaufort County: 2.3 188,126 (±0 / ±197)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

11.7% ±9.9% (146  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Laurel Bay: 8.8% † 146 (±7.4% / ±128)
  • more than double the rate in Beaufort County: 4.8% † 1,752 (±1.1% / ±410)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

1,689 ±219 Number of housing units
  • Laurel Bay: 2,103 † ±369
  • Beaufort County: 103,177 ±109
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$240,900 ±$19,026 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Laurel Bay: $231,800 ±$18,048
  • about half the amount in Beaufort County: $455,600 ±$10,790
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

22% ±7.4% (902  ±333) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Laurel Bay: 20.9% † 1,207 (±5.6% / ±400.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Beaufort County: 14.1% 27,412 (±1.2% / ±2,259.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

94.5% ±5.9% (1,655  ±309.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Laurel Bay: 89.1% † 2,143 (±27.4% / ±448.3)
  • 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)
23.1% ±9.7% (405  ±184.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Laurel Bay: 19.3% † 463 (±6.8% / ±194)
  • about half the rate in Beaufort County: 46% 65,436 (±1.4% / ±2,038)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

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

1.3% ±1.5% (56  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Laurel Bay: 1% † 56 (±1.1% / ±64)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Beaufort County: 7.7% 15,114
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

11.2% ±5.1% (214  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Laurel Bay: 11.3% † 319 (±6% / ±184)
  • about the same as the rate in Beaufort County: 11% 16,866 (±0.7% / ±1,091)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
214 Total veterans ±102 202 Male ±101 12 Female ±19

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