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Charleston, SC

137,041 Population
114.8 square miles 1,194.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$46,575 ±$1,911 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $36,925 ±$685
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $30,727 ±$218
$72,071 ±$2,216 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $65,894 ±$1,002
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $54,864 ±$343

12.6% ±1% (16,579  ±1,286) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 12.4% 95,916 (±0.6% / ±4,259)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 726,470 (±0.2% / ±11,777)

22.9 minutes ±0.4 (1,541,280  ±50,490) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 26.6 9,630,195 (±0.4 / ±164,124)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.1 54,667,810 (±0.2 / ±409,586)

Families

57,226 ±1,028 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 299,947 ±1,473
  • South Carolina: 1,961,481 ±5,748
2.3 ±0 (131,298  ±479) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.6 774,119 (±0 / ±876)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,956,293 (±0)

5.2% ±1.1% (2,011  ±425) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 5.8% 11,192 (±0.6% / ±1,073)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,850 (±0.2% / ±2,071)

Housing

65,278 ±935 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 339,240 ±349
  • South Carolina: 2,319,112 ±1,077

$349,000 ±$7,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $249,800 ±$3,602
  • about double the amount in South Carolina: $170,100 ±$818

17.7% ±1.1% (23,905  ±1,419.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 15.3% 119,188 (±0.6% / ±4,455.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.8% 695,348 (±0.2% / ±10,741.7)

Social

95.5% ±2.4% (93,237  ±2,667.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 90.8% 498,536 (±1.1% / ±6,044.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 88.3% 3,102,292 (±0.4% / ±13,936.8)
54.4% ±1.8% (53,141  ±1,909.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 36.5% 200,446 (±0.7% / ±3,887.7)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 29% 1,018,306 (±0.2% / ±8,069.4)

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

5.1% ±0.7% (6,964  ±915) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 5.6% 44,523 (±0.3% / ±2,160)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,203 (±0.1% / ±4,855)

8% ±0.8% (9,105  ±881) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 11% 67,058 (±0.4% / ±2,186)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 9.1% 360,355 (±0.1% / ±4,592)
9,105 Total veterans ±881 8,210 Male ±828 895 Female ±219

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