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Mount Pleasant, SC

94,550 Population
49.5 square miles 1,908.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$67,812 ±$6,971 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $45,357 ±$1,509
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $36,675 ±$444
$114,237 ±$13,306 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $78,927 ±$2,461
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $64,115 ±$699

5.1% ±2.3% (4,771  ±2,153) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.2% 82,987 (±1% / ±7,834)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 14% 717,348 (±0.4% / ±22,151)

25.2 minutes ±0.8 (945,695  ±58,569) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.1 9,711,435 (±0.3 / ±155,082)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)

Families

39,533 ±1,979 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 338,067 ±4,088
  • South Carolina: 2,136,080 ±11,784
2.4 ±0.1 (93,687  ±70) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.4 813,689 (±0 / ±531)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,143,331

3.7% ±2.4% (781  ±508) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 5.1% † 10,098 (±1.1% / ±2,103)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 63,426 (±0.4% / ±4,968)

Housing

45,264 ±2,982 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 378,136 ±209
  • South Carolina: 2,446,680 ±237

$721,300 ±$45,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $363,000 ±$6,304
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $254,600 ±$2,799

16.3% ±4.1% (15,315  ±3,873.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 15.3% 126,069 (±1.2% / ±10,229.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 703,333 (±0.5% / ±24,095.2)

Social

96.5% ±5.6% (66,168  ±4,455.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 92.8% 536,424 (±2.3% / ±13,087.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.5% 3,315,918 (±0.8% / ±30,951.9)
66.8% ±4.5% (45,792  ±3,475.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 40.7% 235,377 (±1.5% / ±8,580.4)
  • about double the rate in South Carolina: 32.6% 1,194,503 (±0.5% / ±18,642)

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

4.6% ±1.8% (4,390  ±1,710) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 5% 41,237
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 273,375

6.6% ±1.9% (4,756  ±1,360) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.1% 64,495 (±0.8% / ±4,978)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 344,664 (±0.2% / ±9,222)
4,756 Total veterans ±1,360 4,527 Male ±1,292 229 Female ±226

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