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29486

53,975 Population
62.3 square miles 866.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$38,950 ±$2,055 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $48,581 ±$843
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$89,578 ±$5,925 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $85,254 ±$1,335
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

12.7% ±3.5% (6,830  ±1,911) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.9% 89,180 (±0.6% / ±4,468)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

32.8 minutes ±4.2 (749,065  ±66,561) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.7 9,927,295 (±0.4 / ±171,332)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

20,146 ±945 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 335,865 ±1,799
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.7 ±0.1 (53,867  ±2,733) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.4 817,925 (±0 / ±198)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

8.5% ±3.3% (1,142  ±452) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6% † 12,082 (±0.7% / ±1,433)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

21,508 ±958 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 378,268 ±154
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$367,700 ±$17,398 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $377,500 ±$3,827
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

17.1% ±2.3% (9,092  ±1,324.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 14.5% 119,195 (±0.6% / ±5,092.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

90.8% ±2.5% (32,465  ±1,831.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 92.6% 540,020 (±1.1% / ±6,569.6)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
34.3% ±2.6% (12,275  ±1,110.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 40.8% 238,132 (±0.7% / ±4,085.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

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

7.4% ±1.8% (3,981  ±1,003) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6.5% 54,075
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

13.6% ±2.2% (5,384  ±910) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.1% 64,665 (±0.4% / ±2,572)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
5,384 Total veterans ±910 4,174 Male ±653 1,210 Female ±483

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