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Census Tract 108.23, Dorchester, SC

9,418 Population
2.3 square miles 4,075.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Charleston: 34.6 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dorchester County: 38 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,950 ±$3,656 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Charleston: $36,019 ±$1,585
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dorchester County: $38,870 ±$1,191
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$80,019 ±$17,459 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Charleston: $62,956 ±$3,840
  • about the same as the amount in Dorchester County: $78,198 ±$3,042
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

9.9% ±4.9% (928  ±472) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Charleston: 14.4% † 16,734 (±1.8% / ±2,084)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dorchester County: 11.4% † 18,754 (±1.3% / ±2,212)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

29.6 minutes ±3 (121,915  ±23,293) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Charleston: 24.5 1,379,125 (±0.8 / ±64,522)
  • a little less than the figure in Dorchester County: 31.3 2,225,930 (±0.6 / ±73,188)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

3,271 ±360 Number of households
  • North Charleston: 49,185 ±1,234
  • Dorchester County: 63,179 ±563
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.9 ±0.5 (9,418  ±1,035) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Charleston: 2.4 116,156 (±0.1 / ±145)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dorchester County: 2.6 165,028 (±0 / ±46)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

6.2% ±6.3% (162  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Charleston: 6.9% † 2,139 (±1.7% / ±519)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 5.2% † 2,069 (±1.2% / ±482)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

3,576 ±336 Number of housing units
  • North Charleston: 54,781 ±1,173
  • Dorchester County: 67,865 ±60
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$328,800 ±$14,739 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Charleston: $302,200 ±$11,654
  • about the same as the amount in Dorchester County: $329,300 ±$5,472
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

17.5% ±5.6% (1,612  ±539.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in North Charleston: 17.7% 20,890 (±1.6% / ±1,859.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dorchester County: 12.9% 21,316 (±1.2% / ±1,946.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

98.3% ±6.8% (5,493  ±767.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Charleston: 88.7% 72,043 (±2.9% / ±2,724.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 92.1% 104,917 (±2.4% / ±2,732.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
34.4% ±6.1% (1,921  ±414) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Charleston: 28.6% 23,233 (±1.7% / ±1,439.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 29.8% 33,939 (±1.4% / ±1,597.8)
  • about 10 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

9.8% ±3.1% (926  ±306) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Charleston: 11% † 13,149 (±1.2% / ±1,470)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dorchester County: 5.5% 9,156
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

11.5% ±5.2% (686  ±315) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Charleston: 10% † 9,011 (±1.1% / ±982)
  • about the same as the rate in Dorchester County: 11.8% 14,738 (±1% / ±1,265)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
686 Total veterans ±315 530 Male ±244 156 Female ±147

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