Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Census Tract 59, Charleston, SC

5,956 Population
1.1 square miles 5,649.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

25.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Charleston: 36.6 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Charleston County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$45,342 ±$5,808 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Charleston: $59,875 ±$2,170
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Charleston County: $56,921 ±$1,662
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$110,536 ±$13,995 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Charleston: $92,414 ±$3,404
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Charleston County: $88,494 ±$1,950
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

5.1% ±2.4% (202  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Charleston: 12.3% 18,295 (±1.2% / ±1,805)
  • about half the rate in Charleston County: 11.3% 46,405 (±0.8% / ±3,174)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

16.6 minutes ±3.9 (35,210  ±5,640) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Charleston: 24.2 1,642,090 (±1 / ±86,333)
  • 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

1,796 ±271 Number of households
  • Charleston: 68,027 ±1,349
  • Charleston County: 178,975 ±1,483
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.2 ±0.5 (3,894  ±575) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Charleston: 2.2 148,513 (±0 / ±251)
  • a little less than the figure in Charleston County: 2.3 409,929 (±0 / ±140)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

3.1% ±2.4% (39  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Charleston: 5.2% † 2,188 (±1.2% / ±528)
  • about half the rate in Charleston County: 6.1% † 6,247 (±1% / ±1,046)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

1,923 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Charleston: 77,417 ±1,232
  • Charleston County: 209,803 ±117
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$671,300 ±$78,926 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Charleston: $509,700 ±$17,642
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Charleston County: $489,100 ±$9,282
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

19.5% ±4.9% (1,155  ±308.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Charleston: 18.1% 27,631 (±1.4% / ±2,117.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Charleston County: 15.5% 64,488 (±1% / ±4,056.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

95.5% ±6.6% (2,990  ±410) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Charleston: 96.1% 105,220 (±2.4% / ±2,953.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Charleston County: 93.5% 283,840 (±1.6% / ±4,711.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
65.1% ±5.5% (2,039  ±296.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Charleston: 58.3% 63,834 (±1.7% / ±2,070.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Charleston County: 50.3% 152,817 (±1% / ±3,134.8)
  • about double 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

2.5% ±1.2% (148  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Charleston: 6% † 9,253 (±0.7% / ±1,077)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Charleston County: 6.7% 28,308
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

3.2% ±1.2% (166  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Charleston: 6.8% 8,564 (±0.6% / ±800)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Charleston County: 8.2% 27,518 (±0.4% / ±1,481)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
166 Total veterans ±62 163 Male ±63 3 Female ±9

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.