Charleston Statistics

Demographics

City

Metro Area

State

Nation

Population

105,961

575,488

4,147,152

290,809,777

Pop. density

990.7

771.2

133.2

79.6

Percent male

47.1%

48.2%

48.5%

49.1%

Percent female

52.9%

51.8%

51.5%

50.9%

Median age

33.2

33.9

36.3

36.5

People per household

2.2

2.9

2.5

2.6

Median household income

$35,295

$37,069

$37,082

$41,994

Average income per capita

$22,414

$16,527

$18,795

$21,587

Crime

City

Metro Area

State

Nation

Violent crime risk index

7.0

6.2

5.7

3.0

Property crime risk index

7.0

5.8

4.6

3.2

Housing

City

Metro Area

State

Nation

Median home value

$197,500

$130,300

$114,400

$170,800

Median age of homes

30.0

18.7

19.9

27.8

Home appreciation

8.0%

8.3%

4.0%

7.7%

Homes - owned

47.4%

64.9%

63.2%

63.4%

Homes - rented

44.2%

21.4%

24.3%

21.7%

Homes - vacant

8.4%

13.7%

12.5%

14.8%

Commuting by bus

3.6%

1.6%

0.8%

2.0%

Commuting by carpool

11.7%

18.4%

14.0%

14.6%

Commuting by auto

73.5%

71.9%

79.5%

71.6%

Working at home

2.7%

2.9%

2.1%

5.6%

Family Facts

City

Metro Area

State

Nation

Currently married

40.0%

51.6%

54.2%

58.3%

Never married

40.2%

29.3%

26.0%

23.8%

Divorced

8.8%

6.4%

9.2%

7.7%

Widowed

7.9%

7.1%

7.3%

7.4%

Separated

3.2%

5.6%

3.3%

2.8%

Married - w/ children

13.7%

30.2%

31.1%

28.5%

Married - no children

22.3%

24.8%

41.9%

31.3%

Single - w/ children

9.5%

14.4%

15.0%

9.3%

Single - no children

8.8%

30.5%

12.0%

30.7%

Education

City

Metro Area

State

National

High school graduates

83.8%

73.8%

76.3%

80.4%

College degree - 2 year

6.4%

8.5%

6.7%

8.2%

College degree - 4 year

23.6%

16.1%

13.5%

14.9%

Graduate degree

13.9%

7.5%

6.9%

7.0%

Expenditures per student

$5,163

$4,933

$5,136

$5,896

Students per teacher

15.2

15.1

15.0

16.0

Students per librarian

601

617

565

934

Students per guidance counselor

471

617

565

560

Economy

City

Metro Area

State

Nation

Unemployment rate

4.6%

4.3%

6.3%

5.7%

Recent job growth

4.6%

4.6%

2.9%

1.4%

Future job growth

16.4%

4.6%

2.9%

10.5%

Sales tax

6.00%

5.00%

5.64%

5.63%

Income tax

7.00%

7.00%

6.31%

5.02%

Cost of living index

105.4

90.8

86.4

100.0

Health

City

Metro Area

State

Nation

Air quality

28

32

58

48

Watershed quality

50

53

52

54

Physicians per capita

634.2

313.8

121.0

168.5

Health cost index

99.4

98.4

95.9

100.0

Superfund site index

51

69

83

71

UV index

5.1

4.9

4.9

4.3

Climate

City

Metro Area

State

Nation

Altitude

24

42

353

1,058

Rainfall (inches annually)

50.8

51.6

49.0

38.8

Snowfall (inches annually)

0.5

0.5

1.4

24.4

January avg. low temp

39.4

37.6

32.9

21.6

July avg. high temp

91.7

90.7

91.3

86.4

Days of precipitation annually

114

114

112

112

Days mostly sunny annually

209

211

216

205

Comfort index (during hot weather)

31

30

32

44