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Census Tract 55, Charleston, SC

1,484 Population
2.4 square miles 622.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±19.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Charleston: 34.6 ±1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Charleston County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$23,045 ±$9,553 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
$43,250 ±$30,289 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Charleston: $62,956 ±$3,840
  • about half the amount in Charleston County: $88,494 ±$1,950
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

39.6% ±13.3% (555  ±258) 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)

20.7 minutes ±19 (9,625  ±4,909) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Charleston: 24.5 1,379,125 (±0.8 / ±64,522)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Charleston County: 25.1 4,496,155 (±0.5 / ±109,376)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

684 ±279 Number of households
  • North Charleston: 49,185 ±1,234
  • Charleston County: 178,975 ±1,483
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
1.9 ±1 (1,291  ±448) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Charleston: 2.4 116,156 (±0.1 / ±145)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Charleston County: 2.3 409,929 (±0 / ±140)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

12% ±16.1% (33  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Charleston: 6.9% † 2,139 (±1.7% / ±519)
  • about double the rate in Charleston County: 6.1% † 6,247 (±1% / ±1,046)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

807 ±257 Number of housing units
  • North Charleston: 54,781 ±1,173
  • Charleston County: 209,803 ±117
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$117,200 ±$68,267 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

10.1% ±6.4% (145  ±101.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Charleston: 17.7% 20,890 (±1.6% / ±1,859.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Charleston County: 15.5% 64,488 (±1% / ±4,056.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

71.9% ±16.1% (786  ±312.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Charleston: 88.7% 72,043 (±2.9% / ±2,724.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Charleston County: 93.5% 283,840 (±1.6% / ±4,711.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
22.2% ±18.4% (243  ±216.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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 two-thirds 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

0.5% ±0.8% (7  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Charleston: 11% † 13,149 (±1.2% / ±1,470)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Charleston County: 6.7% 28,308
  • about 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

5.7% ±3.6% (69  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Charleston: 10% † 9,011 (±1.1% / ±982)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Charleston County: 8.2% 27,518 (±0.4% / ±1,481)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
69 Total veterans ±48 69 Male ±48 N/A Female ±14

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