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Metric	North Charleston, SC City	South Carolina (SC) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	119,913	5,296,225	334,922,499
Rent	$1,430	$1,180	$1,413
Year built	1996	1992	1980
Household income	$62,956	$69,324	$80,734
Per capita income	$36,019	$39,236	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.4%	14.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.2%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	53.1%	46.3%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	119,913	5,296,225	334,922,499
Adults over 25	81,235	3,677,078	230,807,303
Total households	49,185	2,117,989	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$62,956	$69,324	$80,734
Per capita income	$36,019	$39,236	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.4%	14.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.2%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	53.1%	46.3%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,430	$1,180	$1,413
Year built	1996	1992	1980
Households that rent	50.2%	28.1%	34.8%
Households that own	49.8%	71.9%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.0	5.7	5.5
Race
White	39.5%	63.3%	61%
Black	41.8%	24.8%	12.2%
Asian	3.1%	1.8%	6%
Two or more races	9.1%	6.8%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	7.4%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87.1%	92.6%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	90.3%	88.5%	84.9%
Commute time to work	24.0 min	26.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	9.7%	11.5%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	31.5%	27.8%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	26.8%	28.2%	26%
Some college or associate degree	13.1%	11.9%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	28.6%	32.1%	35.7%