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Mount Pleasant, SC

95,229 Population
49.6 square miles 1,918 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.1

Economics

$72,987 ±$6,597 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $47,064 ±$1,489
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $38,097 ±$443
$127,357 ±$15,138 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $85,165 ±$2,757
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $67,804 ±$1,049

4.2% ±1.6% (3,994  ±1,514) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10% † 83,076 (±1.1% / ±9,307)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 13.9% 726,799 (±0.5% / ±24,733)

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

40,023 ±1,960 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 347,045 ±3,971
  • South Carolina: 2,177,733 ±10,033
2.4 ±0.1 (94,416  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.4 833,118 (±0 / ±542)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 † 5,234,462 (±,255.1 / ±-555,555,600)

8% ±4.1% (1,675  ±860) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6.7% † 13,860 (±1.2% / ±2,375)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 67,375 (±0.4% / ±4,960)

Housing

46,058 ±2,663 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 386,943 ±242
  • South Carolina: 2,490,327 ±211

$825,300 ±$40,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $384,800 ±$8,241
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $272,900 ±$2,295

9.6% ±2.5% (8,978  ±2,360.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 15.7% 131,763 (±1.4% / ±11,786.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 12.4% 661,235 (±0.4% / ±23,384.2)

Social

98.8% ±5.3% (67,661  ±4,462.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 92.8% 551,333 (±2.4% / ±14,021.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.2% 3,378,472 (±0.9% / ±33,037.7)
71.7% ±4.6% (49,048  ±3,653.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 42.2% 250,764 (±1.5% / ±8,904.6)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 32.9% 1,232,848 (±0.5% / ±19,277.1)

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

3.8% ±1.3% (3,634  ±1,259) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 7% † 59,314 (±4,567.1% / ±5,804)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.9% † 316,438 (±,608.8% / ±11,012)

6.5% ±2.1% (4,787  ±1,519) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.1% 66,220 (±0.8% / ±4,896)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 349,871 (±0.3% / ±11,007)
4,787 Total veterans ±1,519 4,787 Male ±1,519 N/A Female ±225

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