Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,121 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $778 (0.5%)
Area name: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Charleston County is $586 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $663 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $864 a month.
Cities in this county include: Charleston
, North Charleston
, Mount Pleasant
, Ladson
, Parris Island
, Isle of Palms
, Hollywood
, Ravenel
, Folly Beach
, Sullivan's Island
.
2005 air pollution in Charleston County:
Carbon Monoxide: 1 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Lead: 0.00 µg/m3
(standard limit: 1.5 µg/m3).
Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.01 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.085 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.077 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 21 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
48 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
12.3 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
33 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.003 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.012 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Berkeley County
, Colleton County
, Dorchester County
, Georgetown County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Charleston County: Point
Farm
(A),
Fishburn Landing
(B),
South Windmill
(C),
Magnolia-on-the-Ashley
(D),
Prospect Plantation
(E),
Oakland Plantation
(F),
Big Oaks Hunting Club
(G),
Silver Hill Plantation
(H),
Cottage Plantation
(I),
New Cut Plantation
(J),
Harrietta Plantation
(K),
Fort Johnson Marine Biological Station
(L),
Mullet Hall
(M),
Boone Hall Plantation
(N),
Hampton Plantation
(O),
Hutton Plantation
(P),
Halfway Creek Trail Camp
(Q),
Peters Point Plantation
(R),
Brookland Plantation
(S),
Seven Oaks
(T)
Churches in Charleston County include: Promised
Land Church
(A),
Blessed Sacrament Church
(B),
Hopewell Church
(C),
Our Chapel
(D),
Osborn Church
(E),
Olive Branch Church
(F),
Calvary Church
(G),
Lovely Hill Missionary Baptist Church
(H),
New Hope Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Castle
Cemetery
(1),
Hopewell Cemetery
(2),
Hughes Cemetery
(3),
Chaplin Cemetery
(4),
Parker Cemetery
(5),
White Cemetery
(6),
Wappetow Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Moccasin
Pond
(A),
Fish Pond
(B),
Lower Summerhouse Pond
(C),
Big Pond
(D),
Greenway Plantation Pond
(E),
Middleton Lake
(F),
Mayrants Reserve
(G),
Upper Summerhouse Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Romain
River
(A),
South Creek
(B),
Abbapoola Creek
(C),
South Santee River
(D),
Montgomery Creek
(E),
Withey Wood Canal
(F),
Milton Creek
(G),
Penny Creek
(H),
Russel Creek
(I)
Parks in Charleston County include: Hampton
Plantation State Park
(1),
Gaud School Playground
(2),
Magnolia Gardens
(3),
Fort Sumter National Monument
(4),
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
(5)
Beaches: Sandy
Point Beach
(A),
Folly Beach
(B)
Post office: Wadmalaw
Island Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
4.6% | | South
Carolina: | 5.8% |
Current college students: 25,683
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 11,124 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Charleston
County: |
3.6% | | Whole
state: |
2.9% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 4,006
- 1990
to 1994: 1,848
- 1985
to 1989: 1,170
- 1980
to 1984: 935
- 1975
to 1979: 632
- 1970
to 1974: 582
- 1970
to 1974: 492
- 1965
to 1969: 1,459
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Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 89.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 82,286
- One,
attached: 6,868
- Two:
6,214
- 3
or 4: 8,959
- 5
to 9: 11,824
- 10
to 19: 6,205
- 20
or more: 6,124
- Mobile
homes: 12,463
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 88
Housing units in Charleston County with a mortgage: 43,623 (5,722 second mortgage, 6,156 home equity loan, 250 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17,938 Agriculture
in Charleston County
Average size of farms: 114 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $43329
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $3130.83
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 40.48%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 11.54%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $37999
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 10.74%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 29.58%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $38954
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.65%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 3.68
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.23%
Corn for grain: 453 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 121 harvested acres
Vegetables: 1618 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 365 acresCharleston
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below South Carolina state average. It is 1.2 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 16 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 9/11/1960, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 10 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Health
care (6%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (5%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (19%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (11%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males in 2005: |
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales
representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Top
executives (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females in 2005:
|
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Waiters
and waitresses (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(22%)
- United
Kingdom (8%)
- Germany
(7%)
- Philippines
(6%)
- Canada
(5%)
- China,
excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- India
(4%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Charleston County:
|
- United
States or American (10%)
- English
(10%)
- German
(9%)
- Irish
(8%)
- Italian
(3%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- Scottish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 110,283 (77%)
- Carpooled:
18,472 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 2,619 (2%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 61 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 24 (0%)
- Railroad:
3 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
7 (0%)
- Taxi:
837 (1%)
- Motorcycle:
219 (0%)
- Bicycle:
949 (1%)
- Walked:
5,056 (4%)
- Other
means: 1,537 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 3,854 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Charleston County, South Carolina
- 5044
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1446
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 1391
people in nursing homes
- 1383
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 513
people in military barracks, etc.
- 288
people in other group homes
- 262
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 218
people in state prisons
- 176
people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 117
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 103
people in military ships
- 87
people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 73
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 59
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 53
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 37
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 31
people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 29
people in crews of maritime vessels
- 26
people in religious group quarters
- 19
people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 17
people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 16
people in military transient quarters for temporary residents
- 6
people in halfway houses
- 4
people in homes for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $58,430.
10.12% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($56,436 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
10.12% | | South
Carolina average: |
8.00% |
0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($663 average AGI)
| Charleston
County: |
0.20% | | South
Carolina average: |
0.15% |
4.02% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($14,711 average AGI)
5.91% relocated from other states ($41,062 average AGI)
| Charleston
County: |
5.91% | | South
Carolina average: |
4.33% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Berkeley County, SC
|
1.38% ($32,650 average AGI) |
| from
Dorchester County, SC
|
0.88% ($34,264) |
| from
Richland County, SC
|
0.28% ($44,270) |
| from
Greenville County, SC
|
0.18% ($54,407) |
| from
Mecklenburg County, NC
|
0.17% ($82,192) |
| from
Lexington County, SC
|
0.14% ($41,805) |
| from
Beaufort County, SC
|
0.13% ($51,325) |
9.59% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,236 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
9.59% | | South
Carolina average: |
6.88% |
0.20% of residents moved to foreign countries ($737 average AGI)
| Charleston
County: |
0.20% | | South
Carolina average: |
0.11% |
4.77% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($18,685 average AGI)
4.62% relocated to other states ($21,814 average AGI)
| Charleston
County: |
4.62% | | South
Carolina average: |
3.21% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Berkeley County, SC
|
1.93% ($38,053 average AGI) |
| to
Dorchester County, SC
|
1.49% ($37,150) |
| to
Richland County, SC
|
0.23% ($33,870) |
| to
Mecklenburg County, NC
|
0.19% ($43,919) |
| to
Greenville County, SC
|
0.16% ($39,053) |
| to
Horry County, SC
|
0.10% ($41,000) |
| to
Beaufort County, SC
|
0.10% ($46,983) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.6
Births
per 1000 population in Charleston County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Charleston County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.4
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Charleston County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 44,638 (36,531 aged, 8,107 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 298,579
- In
family households: 239,184 (51,266 male householders, 26,478 female householders)
54,830
spouses, 83,651 children (77,304 natural, 2,127 adopted, 4,220 stepchildren), 8,654 grandchildren, 3,131 brothers or sisters, 1,899 parents, 4,504 other relatives, 4,771 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 59,395 (20,565 male householders (14,631 living alone)), 24,951 female householders (20,249 living alone)), 13,879 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 11,390 (3,315 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 33,995 2-persons, 19,009 3-persons, 14,706 4-persons, 6,577 5-persons, 2,287 6-persons, 1,170 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 34,880 1-person, 8,437 2-persons, 1,595 3-persons, 417 4-persons, 91 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons.
39,884 married couples with children.
23,388 single-parent households (3,063 men, 20,325 women).
93.6% of residents of Charleston County speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $4,020,289,000 ($12303 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,450,678,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $992,383,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $373,111,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,206,000
Federal grants: $566,551,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,235,567,000 ($639,074,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $846,471,000 ($625,894,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $115,810,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $110,966,000
Federal Government insurance: $10,694,895,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 24,704
| Here: |
75 per 1000 residents | | State: |
69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 14,603
| Here: |
44 per 1000 residents | | State: | 46
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +3,395
| Here: |
+10 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+9 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +7,252
| Here: |
+22 per 1000 residents | | State: | +27
per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Charleston County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.35 millions of gallons per day (97% from ground, 3% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 4,790
- 1995
to 1998: 11,090
- 1990
to 1994: 12,007
- 1980
to 1989: 30,015
- 1970
to 1979: 26,239
- 1960
to 1969: 21,379
- 1950
to 1959: 15,280
- 1940
to 1949: 8,696
- 1939
or earlier: 11,535
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Charleston County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 38
- 2
rooms: 353
- 3
rooms: 2,356
- 4
rooms: 5,370
- 5
rooms: 14,542
- 6
rooms: 19,046
- 7
rooms: 15,283
- 8
rooms: 9,782
- 9
or more rooms: 8,521
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Charleston County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 1,240
- 2
rooms: 4,163
- 3
rooms: 8,545
- 4
rooms: 14,169
- 5
rooms: 10,186
- 6
rooms: 5,962
- 7
rooms: 2,371
- 8
rooms: 965
- 9
or more rooms: 434
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Charleston County: |
- no
bedroom: 176
- 1
bedroom: 1,634
- 2
bedrooms: 12,783
- 3
bedrooms: 42,975
- 4
bedrooms: 14,728
- 5
or more bedrooms: 2,995
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Charleston County: |
- no
bedroom: 1,480
- 1
bedroom: 11,430
- 2
bedrooms: 20,997
- 3
bedrooms: 12,091
- 4
bedrooms: 1,826
- 5
or more bedrooms: 211
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Charleston County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 4,422
- 1
vehicle: 23,969
- 2
vehicles: 34,515
- 3
vehicles: 9,588
- 4
vehicles: 2,067
- 5
or more vehicles: 730
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Charleston County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 10,226
- 1
vehicle: 22,368
- 2
vehicles: 12,478
- 3
vehicles: 2,438
- 4
vehicles: 314
- 5
or more vehicles: 211
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51% of Charleston County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in South Carolina.
| Charleston
County: |
50.6% | | State
average: | 56.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 180348
- Northeast:
31938
- Midwest:
20531
- South:
55494
- West:
7621
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $108,600 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(62%)
- Utility
gas (29%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood
(1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(69%)
- Utility
gas (27%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5,135
| Here: |
15.0% | | South
Carolina: |
9.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,545
| Here: |
15.4% | | South
Carolina: |
8.1% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 4,597
| Here: |
21.9% | | South
Carolina: |
20.3% |
Charleston
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $33,429,000
- Charges
- All Other: $42,124,000
Solid Waste Management: $31,080,000
Sewerage: $4,621,000
Parking Facilities: $3,024,000
Parks & Recreation: $481,000
- Construction
- General Public Buildings: $13,264,000
Parks & Recreation: $760,000
Sewerage: $457,000
- Current
Operations - Central Staff Services: $38,032,000
Solid Waste Management: $27,296,000
Police Protection: $23,087,000
Corrections - Other: $21,811,000
Health Services - Other: $20,361,000
Financial Administration: $14,703,000
Regular Highways: $13,081,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $12,173,000
Parks & Recreation: $11,436,000
Libraries: $9,934,000
General Public Buildings: $9,543,000
General - Other: $8,257,000
Fire Protection: $7,493,000
Housing & Community Development: $4,825,000
Sewerage: $2,791,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,093,000
Welfare - Other: $528,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $7,665,000
Housing & Community Development: $4,897,000
Health & Hospitals: $344,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $33,104,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $9,625,000
Judicial and Legal: $1,458,000
Sewerage: $1,261,000
Parks & Recreation: $197,000
Health: $53,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Higher Education: $3,729,000
Welfare: $1,152,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $596,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $276,932,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $241,161,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $11,534,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $221,892,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $264,637,000
Other, NEC: $8,229,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $12,295,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $22,574,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $22,680,000
General Revenue, NEC: $9,078,000
Property Sale Other: $6,302,000
Rents: $913,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Central Staff: $2,144,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,064,000
Libraries: $2,002,000
Police Protection: $732,000
Health - Other: $545,000
Fire Protection: $498,000
General - Other: $307,000
Sewerage: $53,000
Housing & Community Development: $37,000
Regular Highways: $28,000
Parks & Recreation: $22,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $164,772,000
- Short
Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $125,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $285,730,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $15,982,000
Highways: $4,366,000
All Other: $3,433,000
Health & Hospitals: $2,265,000
Public Welfare: $20,000
- Tax
- Property: $139,954,000
Total General Sales: $34,714,000
NEC: $9,407,000
Other Selective Sales: $6,927,000
Public Utilities: $590,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $117,467,000
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