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Elgin, SC

2,360 Population
4.9 square miles 485.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,804 ±$6,541 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $46,738 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,994 ±$20,837 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $83,304 ±$782
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.9% ±2.9% (67  ±70) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.6% 289,365 (±0.3% / ±8,180)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±3.9 (24,525  ±8,854) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.6 29,173,704 (±0.2 / ±290,543)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

913 ±223 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,076,260 ±2,987
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (2,360  ±649) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.5 2,731,173 (±0 / ±678)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

943 ±231 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,165,208 ±416
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$191,700 ±$46,589 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $356,400 ±$2,179
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.3% ±1.6% (30  ±39.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 12.7% 347,558 (±0.3% / ±7,978.6)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.2% ±29.3% (1,524  ±356.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.6% 1,713,442 (±0.6% / ±10,849)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23% ±7.8% (449  ±201.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39.9% 754,028 (±0.4% / ±6,670.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.5% ±5.3% (189  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.1% 129,757 (±0.1% / ±2,723)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
189 Total veterans ±118 178 Male ±116 11 Female ±16

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