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Census Tract 5.03, Beaufort, SC

6,480 Population
10.3 square miles 631.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Shell Point: 53.2 † ±12.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Beaufort County: 48.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$43,058 ±$6,600 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Shell Point: $45,130 † ±$11,476
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Beaufort County: $53,951 ±$1,837
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$80,154 ±$6,370 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Shell Point: $81,630 † ±$15,989
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Beaufort County: $86,573 ±$3,024
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

9.5% ±6% (618  ±398) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Shell Point: 3.1% † 45 (±3.8% / ±56)
  • about the same as the rate in Beaufort County: 9.6% † 18,139 (±1.1% / ±2,060)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

22.9 minutes ±2.5 (59,885  ±14,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Shell Point: 19.9 † 11,280 (±8.9 / ±7,513)
  • a little less than 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

2,888 ±277 Number of households
  • Shell Point: 737 † ±179
  • Beaufort County: 82,333 ±953
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.2 ±0.1 (6,480  ±749) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Shell Point: 2 † 1,439 (±0.4 / ±452)
  • about the same as 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

6.3% ±6.3% (103  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shell Point: 9.5% † 31 (±14.1% / ±49)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Beaufort County: 4.8% † 1,752 (±1.1% / ±410)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

3,001 ±299 Number of housing units
  • Shell Point: 817 † ±204
  • Beaufort County: 103,177 ±109
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$340,100 ±$27,310 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shell Point: $293,300 † ±$81,942
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Beaufort County: $455,600 ±$10,790
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

15.3% ±5.7% (983  ±381.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Shell Point: 16% † 227 (±8.8% / ±143.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Beaufort County: 14.1% 27,412 (±1.2% / ±2,259.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

97.6% ±7.6% (4,218  ±578.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shell Point: 97.9% † 1,082 (±38.5% / ±282.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Beaufort County: 94.7% 134,682 (±2.2% / ±3,100.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
37.3% ±7% (1,611  ±353.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shell Point: 27.2% † 301 (±10.2% / ±143)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Beaufort County: 46% 65,436 (±1.4% / ±2,038)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

2.2% ±1.5% (145  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shell Point: 3.3% † 47 (±3.6% / ±54)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Beaufort County: 7.7% 15,114
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

19.5% ±5% (927  ±260) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Shell Point: 31.8% † 388 (±10.1% / ±167)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Beaufort County: 11% 16,866 (±0.7% / ±1,091)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
927 Total veterans ±260 797 Male ±231 130 Female ±108

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