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Tega Cay, SC

12,816 Population
4.6 square miles 2,788.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$62,042 ±$5,129 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $42,735 ±$391
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $36,072 ±$266
$140,172 ±$16,604 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $76,177 ±$772
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $63,623 ±$486

0.4% ±0.5% (49  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.4% 272,747 (±0.3% / ±7,220)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.4% 717,849 (±0.2% / ±11,836)

29.8 minutes ±0.4 (142,440  ±19,118) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.8 29,857,410 (±0.2 / ±290,648)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)

Families

4,729 ±257 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,026,048 ±2,675
  • South Carolina: 2,023,085 ±5,487
2.7 ±0.2 (12,816  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,631,828 (±0 / ±762)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,004,353

3.2% ±2.9% (92  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 34,292 (±0.3% / ±1,642)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 62,830 (±0.2% / ±2,492)

Housing

4,802 ±260 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,115,218 ±396
  • South Carolina: 2,362,253 ±501

$462,900 ±$27,392 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $283,000 ±$2,189
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $216,200 ±$1,122

8% ±3.4% (1,023  ±,433.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.8% 363,651 (±0.3% / ±7,715.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 686,178 (±0.2% / ±10,988)

Social

99.3% ±9.8% (9,088  ±,972.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,639,169 (±0.6% / ±10,692.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.3% 3,174,118 (±0.4% / ±15,315.5)
66.8% ±7.8% (6,114  ±,756.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 38.1% 691,460 (±0.4% / ±6,405.2)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 30.6% 1,088,770 (±0.3% / ±9,317.5)

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

13% ±5.3% (1,661  ±677) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.7% 286,135
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 270,170

8.3% ±2.5% (780  ±234) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.6% 134,996 (±0.1% / ±2,671)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 349,900 (±0.1% / ±4,262)
780 Total veterans ±234 771 Male ±234 9 Female ±15

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