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Charleston (West) County--Kiawah Island & Charleston Cities PUMA, SC

153,380 Population
434.9 square miles 352.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,240 ±$4,542 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$97,881 ±$6,425 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12% ±2.5% (17,769  ±3,807) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.6 minutes ±2 (1,705,840  ±192,642) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 26.3 59,371,680 (±0.3 / ±951,035)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

67,832 ±3,151 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (148,264  ±6,927) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±3% (1,939  ±1,107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

82,342 ±3,329 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$630,500 ±$30,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.9% ±2.2% (22,628  ±3,510.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.8% ±3.5% (108,365  ±6,401) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
59.2% ±2.8% (66,210  ±4,399.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7% ±2.7% (10,043  ±3,853.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 418,840 (±0.1% / ±6,831.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.8% ±2.2% (10,355  ±3,357) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.3% ±1.3% (9,245  ±1,730) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,245 Total veterans ±1,730 8,513 Male ±1,718 732 Female ±498

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