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Dorchester School District 4, SC

16,375 Population
337.3 square miles 48.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dorchester County: 38 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,693 ±$1,896 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dorchester County: $38,870 ±$1,191
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,581 ±$5,947 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dorchester County: $78,198 ±$3,042
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.7% ±4.6% (2,934  ±731) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dorchester County: 11.4% † 18,754 (±1.3% / ±2,212)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32 minutes ±1.9 (186,215  ±22,242) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Dorchester County: 31.3 2,225,930 (±0.6 / ±73,188)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,196 ±492 Number of households
  • Dorchester County: 63,179 ±563
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0 (14,955  ±1,200) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dorchester County: 2.6 165,028 (±0 / ±46)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±2.4% (101  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dorchester County: 5.2% † 2,069 (±1.2% / ±482)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,285 ±515 Number of housing units
  • Dorchester County: 67,865 ±60
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,700 ±$13,785 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Dorchester County: $329,300 ±$5,472
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±1.4% (1,460  ±251.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dorchester County: 12.9% 21,316 (±1.2% / ±1,946.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.2% ±9.1% (10,305  ±788) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dorchester County: 92.1% 104,917 (±2.4% / ±2,732.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±2.4% (1,820  ±333) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Dorchester County: 29.8% 33,939 (±1.4% / ±1,597.8)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.7% ±1.3% (437  ±211) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Dorchester County: 5.5% 9,156
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1.6% (795  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Dorchester County: 11.8% 14,738 (±1% / ±1,265)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
795 Total veterans ±217 773 Male ±215 22 Female ±17

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