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Isle of Palms, SC

4,362 Population
4.4 square miles 983.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$128,199 ±$38,675 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $48,581 ±$843
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$156,979 ±$44,841 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $85,254 ±$1,335
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

2.5% ±1.5% (111  ±64) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.9% 89,180 (±0.6% / ±4,468)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

27.9 minutes ±3.2 (34,845  ±8,987) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.7 9,927,295 (±0.4 / ±171,332)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

2,043 ±149 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 335,865 ±1,799
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.1 ±0.2 (4,362  ±15) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.4 817,925 (±0 / ±198)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

8.2% ±6% (53  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6% † 12,082 (±0.7% / ±1,433)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

4,588 ±172 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 378,268 ±154
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$1,581,300 ±$285,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $377,500 ±$3,827
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

12.6% ±5.8% (546  ±249.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 14.5% 119,195 (±0.6% / ±5,092.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

99.8% ±10% (3,679  ±395.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 92.6% 540,020 (±1.1% / ±6,569.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
71.6% ±8.7% (2,639  ±337.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 40.8% 238,132 (±0.7% / ±4,085.8)
  • more than double 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

5.3% ±4.3% (232  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6.5% 54,075
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

10.6% ±4.3% (402  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.1% 64,665 (±0.4% / ±2,572)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
402 Total veterans ±164 329 Male ±114 73 Female ±69

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