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Isle of Palms, SC

4,350 Population
4.4 square miles 980.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.2 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$119,415 ±$38,266 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $46,863 ±$1,044
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$148,029 ±$22,178 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $82,272 ±$1,253
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

1.8% ±1.2% (77  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 11.2% 89,836 (±0.6% / ±4,555)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

27.2 minutes ±4.4 (36,440  ±8,684) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.4 9,777,660 (±0.3 / ±151,882)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

1,993 ±172 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 327,420 ±2,029
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.2 (4,350  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.5 801,368 (±0 / ±193)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

13.8% ±7.6% (95  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 5.7% † 11,376 (±0.6% / ±1,174)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

4,485 ±190 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 370,246 ±285
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$1,192,200 ±$157,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $345,400 ±$3,597
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

11.7% ±5.2% (498  ±,222.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 14.9% 120,035 (±0.6% / ±4,919.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

99.8% ±9.2% (3,569  ±,377.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 91.9% 524,563 (±1.1% / ±6,507.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
69.7% ±7.8% (2,492  ±,308.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 40% 227,969 (±0.7% / ±4,135.3)
  • more than double 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

6.8% ±4.4% (297  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6.4% 51,925
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

9% ±4.1% (328  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.2% 64,226 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
328 Total veterans ±152 269 Male ±107 59 Female ±65

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