WEST ASHELY, SC

Learn more about West Ashley, SC

Actually, West Ashley, or as it is more properly known, West of the Ashley, is a thriving Charleston neighborhood situated on "the other side" of the Ashley River and is not a separate city in and of itself. In reality, of the city's 120,000+ inhabitants, its citizens make up nearly half. The Ashley and Stono Rivers surround West Ashley, which is also distinguished by its renowned ancient oak trees covered in moss. The city's first neighborhoods were built in the 1950s, and the 1970s and 1980s saw the city's greatest boom. With the construction of Interstate 526 in the early 1980s and the Glenn McConnell Parkway in the 1990s, its business and residential attractiveness skyrocketed. In addition to large box stores and its own "auto mile," it now features cozy neighborhoods, hip shops, and restaurants. In addition to outstanding natural beauty, West Ashley has a significant amount of history. There is also where Charles Towne Landing is located, along with Middleton Place, Ashley Hall, and Magnolia Plantation.

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DIVERSITY

There are 5.15 million people living in South Carolina, of which 96.8% are citizens. 4.91 percent of South Carolina inhabitants were born abroad as of 2019. (253k people).

In South Carolina, White (non-Hispanic) citizens made up 3.27 million of the state's population in 2019, 2.42 times more than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groupings were 1.35M Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 163k White (Hispanic) inhabitants.

German (13,313 speakers), Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese), and Spanish (224,118 speakers) are the most widely spoken foreign languages in South Carolina (12,560 speakers).

Ethnicity and Race

Hispanics make up 5.8% of the population of South Carolina (298k people).

Other Language Speakers

Compared to the national average of 22 percent, 7.47 percent of South Carolina's population speaks a language other than English.

Spanish was the most widely spoken non-English language in South Carolina in 2019. Native Spanish speakers make up 4.61 percent of South Carolina's total population. The next two most popular languages are German (0.274%) and Chinese (0.258%) (including Mandarin and Cantonese).

Population Born Abroad

4.91 percent of South Carolina's population (253k persons) was born outside of the country as of 2019, which is less than the 13.7 percent national average. South Carolina's percentage of citizens who were born abroad in 2018 was 4.73 percent, an increasing trend.

By Nativity, Age

The average age of all South Carolinians in 2019 was 39.9. The median age of citizens of domestic birth was 40, which was typically younger than the median age of citizens of foreign birth, which was 41. However, the population of South Carolina is aging. The average age of South Carolinians was 40 in 2018.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico was the country of origin of 61,323 South Carolina residents who were born abroad in 2019. Honduras came in second with 21,432 and India came in third with 16,010.

Citizenship

South Carolina had a higher percentage of US citizens than the rest of the country (96.4%) as of the year 2019. South Carolina had 97.1 percent of its population that was US citizens in 2018, indicating a declining citizenship rate.

Veterans

Veterans 1.56 times more military troops from South Carolina served in Vietnam than in any other conflict.

ECONOMY

In South Carolina, the average household income is $56,227. Beaufort County, South Carolina had the highest Median Household Income in 2019, with a value of $74,127. Berkeley County, South Carolina, and Charleston County, South Carolina, had the next highest values, at $71,531 and $69,398 respectively.

In South Carolina, the average income of males is $1.38 times greater than that of females, who earn $44,965. South Carolina's income inequality, as determined by the Gini index, is 0.459, which is lower than the US average.

In South Carolina's economy, 2.27 million people are employed. Construction (143,370 people), Elementary & secondary schools (146,570 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (173,092 people) are South Carolina's largest industries, while Not specified metal industries pay the highest wages ($140,580), Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers ($127,796), and Not specified food industries, manufacturing ($118,359).