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Census Tract 8, Beaufort, SC

5,352 Population
2.9 square miles 1,841.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Port Royal: 25.1 ±1.7
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Beaufort County: 48.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$39,424 ±$6,251 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Port Royal: $34,031 ±$3,209
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Beaufort County: $53,951 ±$1,837
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$82,031 ±$22,066 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Port Royal: $74,870 † ±$11,108
  • a little less than the amount in Beaufort County: $86,573 ±$3,024
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

14% ±7.7% (732  ±414) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Port Royal: 8.4% † 976 (±4.2% / ±492)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Beaufort County: 9.6% † 18,139 (±1.1% / ±2,060)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

20.3 minutes ±3.4 (54,105  ±14,501) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Port Royal: 14.4 † 120,150 (±1.8 / ±17,718)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Beaufort County: 23.6 1,823,635 (±0.9 / ±78,463)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

2,468 ±376 Number of households
  • Port Royal: 4,676 ±360
  • Beaufort County: 82,333 ±953
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.1 ±0.4 (5,210  ±724) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Port Royal: 2.5 11,668 (±0.2 / ±175)
  • about 90 percent of 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

5.2% ±4.4% (61  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Port Royal: 6.3% † 237 (±3.4% / ±130)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Beaufort County: 4.8% † 1,752 (±1.1% / ±410)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

2,780 ±364 Number of housing units
  • Port Royal: 5,111 ±411
  • Beaufort County: 103,177 ±109
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$278,900 ±$54,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Port Royal: $347,200 † ±$41,674
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Beaufort County: $455,600 ±$10,790
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

22.3% ±8% (1,188  ±454.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Port Royal: 25.6% † 3,940 (±4.5% / ±697.8)
  • 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

91.9% ±6.3% (3,689  ±628.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Port Royal: 93.3% 7,303 (±8.7% / ±850.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Beaufort County: 94.7% 134,682 (±2.2% / ±3,100.1)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
33.1% ±8.9% (1,330  ±413.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Port Royal: 38.4% † 3,005 (±6.7% / ±564.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Beaufort County: 46% 65,436 (±1.4% / ±2,038)
  • a little 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

7.6% ±4.2% (407  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Port Royal: 5.2% † 806 (±1.7% / ±261)
  • about the same as the rate in Beaufort County: 7.7% 15,114
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

17.2% ±5.6% (728  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Port Royal: 10.6% † 904 (±3.3% / ±284)
  • about 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)
728 Total veterans ±261 576 Male ±242 152 Female ±114

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