GOOSE CREEK, SC

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Goose Creek, South Carolina has 42k residents in 2019 with an average age of 31.9 and a median household income of $68,893. Goose Creek, South Carolina saw a population rise of 1.55% between 2018 and 2019—from 41,339 to 41,978—and a 4.57% increase in its median household income—from $65,884 to $68,893.

Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (18.9%), White (Hispanic) (5.07%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (4.19%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (3.3%) make up the top 5 ethnic groups in Goose Creek, South Carolina. In Goose Creek, South Carolina, 0% of homes have a predominant language other than English.

The citizenship rate of Goose Creek, South Carolina is 96.9%.

Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek is the major university in Goose Creek, South Carolina (109 degrees awarded in 2020).

Goose Creek, South Carolina's median home value in 2019 was $188,300, and the homeownership rate was 70.6%. The majority of commuters in Goose Creek, South Carolina traveled alone to work each day, taking an average of 24.3 minutes. In Goose Creek, South Carolina, there were typically two cars per family.

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DIVERSITY

42k people call Goose Creek, South Carolina home, and 96.9% of them are citizens. As of 2019, 6.76% of Goose Creek, South Carolina residents were foreign-born (2.84k people).

Goose Creek, South Carolina has more White (non-Hispanic) residents (3.36 times more) than any other race or ethnicity in 2019 with a population of 26.7k. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groupings were 7.94k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 2.13k White (Hispanic) inhabitants.

Ethnicity and Race

The Hispanic population in Goose Creek, South Carolina, is 9.05%. (3.8k people).

Population Born Abroad

6.76% of Goose Creek, South Carolina residents (2.84k persons) were foreign-born in 2019, which is less than the 13.7% national average. Goose Creek, South Carolina had 6.57% of residents who were foreign-born in 2018, a growing percentage.

By Nativity, Age

The average age of all residents in Goose Creek, South Carolina, in 2019 was 31.9. Citizens who were born in the country were often younger than those who were born abroad, whose median age was 44. But the population of Goose Creek, South Carolina, is getting younger. The average age of all residents of Goose Creek, South Carolina, in 2018 was 32.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico accounted for 64,736 of South Carolina's foreign-born residents' birthplaces in 2019, followed by India with 14,943 and Honduras with 11,181 foreign-born individuals.

Citizenship

Goose Creek, South Carolina's population was 96.9% US citizens as of 2019, which is greater than the 93.4% national average. Goose Creek, South Carolina, had 96.8% of its population who were US citizens in 2018, a growing trend.

Veterans

1.48 times more military personnel from the Gulf War (2001-) reside in Goose Creek, South Carolina, than from any other combat.

ECONOMY

Goose Creek, South Carolina's median household income is $68,893. In Goose Creek, South Carolina, Census Tract 208.12 had the highest median household income in 2019 with a value of $98,429, followed by Census Tract 207.20 and Census Tract 207.22 with values of $98,318 and $89,072 respectively.

In South Carolina, the average income of men is $1.37 times greater than that of women, who earn $43,921. South Carolina's income inequality, as determined by the Gini index, is 0.461, which is less than the country as a whole.

19.1k people work in Goose Creek, South Carolina's economy. Manufacturing (2,495 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (2,418 people), and Public Administration (1,886 people) employ the most people in Goose Creek, South Carolina, while Utilities ($80,402), Information ($70,091), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($63,032) pay the highest wages.