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Beech Island, SC

1,578 Population
4.9 square miles 320.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±9.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$21,390 ±$6,584 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $36,794 ±$582
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$36,027 ±$18,724 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $69,344 ±$1,537
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

34.3% ±22.9% (537  ±410) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 14.9% 90,596 (±0.7% / ±4,115)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

29 minutes ±6.7 (16,275  ±6,741) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 23.9 6,041,445 (±0.3 / ±122,570)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

645 ±177 Number of households
  • the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 231,857 ±2,041
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.5 ±0.6 (1,578  ±586) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 2.6 608,389 (±0 / ±230)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

13.3% ±20.7% (36  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 7,557 (±0.5% / ±748)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

762 ±190 Number of housing units
  • the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 271,673 ±216
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$116,800 ±$25,335 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $226,100 ±$2,868
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

24.7% ±10.4% (382  ±213.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 12.7% 78,460 (±0.6% / ±3,777.7)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

86.7% ±32.9% (888  ±218.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 89.4% 380,744 (±1.2% / ±5,068.8)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
14.4% ±7.6% (147  ±88.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 29.5% 125,713 (±0.7% / ±2,851.2)
  • about half 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% ±1.4% (18  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 4.4% 27,579
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

8.1% ±4% (95  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 11.2% 52,516 (±0.5% / ±2,333)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
95 Total veterans ±56 73 Male ±49 22 Female ±33

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