North Charleston, SC: key statistics
Population: 129,245 (2025). Unemployment rate: 3.8% (August 2026). Median household income: $62,956 (2024).
North Charleston, SC in figures
Population and demography
Labor market
| Mean travel time to work | 24.5 minutes | 2024 | |
| Unemployment rate | 3.8% | August 2026 | |
| Civilian labor force | 67,453 | 2025 | |
| Employed residents | 64,876 | 2025 | |
| Unemployed people | 2,577 | 2025 | |
| Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 4.3% | 2024 | |
| Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 69.4% | 2024 |
Health
Income and living conditions
| Gini index | 44.4 | 2024 | |
| Median household income | $62,956 | 2024 | |
| Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) | $36,019 | 2024 | |
| Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 14.4% | 2024 |
Housing
| Housing units authorized by building permits | 1,088 | 2025 | |
| Homeownership rate (US, housing units) | 49.8% | 2024 | |
| Median home value | $302,200 | 2024 | |
| Median gross rent (monthly) | $1,430 | 2024 | |
| Single-family housing units authorized by building permits | 589 | 2025 | |
| Housing units | 54,781 | 2024 | |
| Households | 49,185 | 2024 | |
| Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) | 10.2% | 2024 | |
| Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) | 55.4% | 2024 | |
| Average household size | 2.4 persons per household | 2024 |
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