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North Charleston, SC

126,015 Population
77.6 square miles 1,623.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2

Economics

$36,737 ±$2,819 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $50,484 ±$1,772
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
$61,445 ±$6,789 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $90,307 ±$3,362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959

9.6% ±2.6% (11,716  ±3,113) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 9% † 77,041 (±1.2% / ±9,943)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)

24.5 minutes ±0.8 (1,379,125  ±64,522) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.7 9,927,295 (±0.4 / ±171,332)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

54,982 ±3,833 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 353,647 ±3,783
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
2.2 ±0.2 (122,365  ±110) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.4 853,229 (±0 / ±293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044

7.2% ±3.6% (2,533  ±1,284) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 5.6% † 11,734 (±1.3% / ±2,621)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)

Housing

61,674 ±3,556 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 395,020 ±137
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358

$347,200 ±$24,538 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $430,300 ±$10,671
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303

17.9% ±4.5% (22,185  ±5,571.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 13.7% 117,990 (±1.2% / ±10,191.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)

Social

89.9% ±6.1% (79,675  ±6,525.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 93.6% 572,067 (±2.3% / ±14,146.4)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
27.7% ±3.2% (24,566  ±3,029.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 42.2% 257,943 (±1.4% / ±8,288.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)

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

10.4% ±2.7% (13,088  ±3,395) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 7.1% 61,534
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009

10.5% ±2% (10,280  ±2,019) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 9.7% 65,547 (±0.7% / ±4,580)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
10,280 Total veterans ±2,019 8,264 Male ±1,575 2,016 Female ±1,190

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