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Beech Island, SC

1,139 Population
4.9 square miles 231.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±10.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$18,412 ±$4,895 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $35,233 ±$596
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$31,996 ±$10,796 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $66,628 ±$1,362
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

26.6% ±22.6% (301  ±280) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 14.9% 89,763 (±0.7% / ±4,140)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

26.3 minutes ±7.5 (9,370  ±4,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 23.9 6,039,380 (±0.4 / ±127,074)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

509 ±158 Number of households
  • the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 225,591 ±1,984
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.5 (1,139  ±431) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 2.7 601,660 (±0 / ±276)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

19.8% ±30.2% (42  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 7,566 (±0.6% / ±922)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

619 ±175 Number of housing units
  • the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 268,250 ±152
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$105,400 ±$27,904 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $207,300 ±$3,374
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

23.3% ±16.6% (256  ±204.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 12.3% 75,306 (±0.6% / ±3,751.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

87.8% ±38.8% (634  ±196.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 89.2% 375,381 (±1.2% / ±5,228.2)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
11.4% ±8.5% (82  ±66.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 28.8% 121,046 (±0.7% / ±2,893.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% ±2% (13  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 4.4% 27,347
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

2.9% ±3% (25  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 11.3% 52,547 (±0.4% / ±1,831)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
25 Total veterans ±27 25 Male ±27 N/A Female ±14

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