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Census Tract 40, Charleston, SC

2,334 Population
0.6 square miles 3,692.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±20.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Charleston: 34.6 ±1
  • a little less than the figure in Charleston County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$24,858 ±$7,106 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Charleston: $36,019 ±$1,585
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Charleston County: $56,921 ±$1,662
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$62,596 ±$11,954 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in North Charleston: $62,956 ±$3,840
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Charleston County: $88,494 ±$1,950
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

35.1% ±31.3% (818  ±787) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in North Charleston: 14.4% † 16,734 (±1.8% / ±2,084)
  • more than double the rate in Charleston County: 11.3% 46,405 (±0.8% / ±3,174)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

17 minutes ±8.4 (18,155  ±6,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Charleston: 24.5 1,379,125 (±0.8 / ±64,522)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Charleston County: 25.1 4,496,155 (±0.5 / ±109,376)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

790 ±115 Number of households
  • North Charleston: 49,185 ±1,234
  • Charleston County: 178,975 ±1,483
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.9 ±1 (2,319  ±832) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Charleston: 2.4 116,156 (±0.1 / ±145)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Charleston County: 2.3 409,929 (±0 / ±140)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

969 ±118 Number of housing units
  • North Charleston: 54,781 ±1,173
  • Charleston County: 209,803 ±117
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$119,500 ±$12,070 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Charleston: $302,200 ±$11,654
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Charleston County: $489,100 ±$9,282
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

3.7% ±2% (87  ±55.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Charleston: 17.7% 20,890 (±1.6% / ±1,859.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Charleston County: 15.5% 64,488 (±1% / ±4,056.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

83.6% ±4.5% (1,198  ±270.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Charleston: 88.7% 72,043 (±2.9% / ±2,724.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Charleston County: 93.5% 283,840 (±1.6% / ±4,711.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
19.8% ±14.4% (283  ±215.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Charleston: 28.6% 23,233 (±1.7% / ±1,439.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Charleston County: 50.3% 152,817 (±1% / ±3,134.8)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±1.1% (24  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Charleston: 11% † 13,149 (±1.2% / ±1,470)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Charleston County: 6.7% 28,308
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

8.9% ±3.2% (154  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Charleston: 10% † 9,011 (±1.1% / ±982)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Charleston County: 8.2% 27,518 (±0.4% / ±1,481)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
154 Total veterans ±68 119 Male ±67 35 Female ±41

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