Compare Charleston Metro Area, SC vs South Carolina (SC) vs United States

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Metric	Charleston Metro Area, SC Metro Area	South Carolina (SC) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	834,267	5,296,225	334,922,499
Rent	$1,605	$1,180	$1,413
Year built	1996	1992	1980
Household income	$85,254	$69,324	$80,734
Per capita income	$48,581	$39,236	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.9%	14.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.2%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	49.3%	46.3%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	834,267	5,296,225	334,922,499
Adults over 25	583,372	3,677,078	230,807,303
Total households	335,865	2,117,989	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$85,254	$69,324	$80,734
Per capita income	$48,581	$39,236	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.9%	14.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.2%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	49.3%	46.3%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,605	$1,180	$1,413
Year built	1996	1992	1980
Households that rent	30.9%	28.1%	34.8%
Households that own	69.1%	71.9%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.8	5.7	5.5
Race
White	64.1%	63.3%	61%
Black	23.4%	24.8%	12.2%
Asian	2.1%	1.8%	6%
Two or more races	6.8%	6.8%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	7.4%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92.2%	92.6%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	85.1%	88.5%	84.9%
Commute time to work	28.0 min	26.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	14.9%	11.5%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	26%	27.8%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	22.5%	28.2%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.7%	11.9%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	40.8%	32.1%	35.7%