Goose Creek

Population & Demographics

Goose Creek, SC

Goose Creek is home to 48,078 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 20,847 resident workers commute each day.

South CarolinaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
48,078
people
Population

48,078 residents

Median age 34.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Goose Creek population & demographics

Who lives in Goose Creek — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
48,078
Median age
34.0yrs
Median household income
$88,178
Median home value
$306,000
Median gross rent
$1,690/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.7%
Poverty rate
6.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Goose Creek

How Goose Creek breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White56.8%
Black23.0%
Hispanic or Latino10.7%
Two or more races5.0%
Asian3.3%
Some other race1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Goose Creek

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Goose Creek.

Goose Creek at a glance
Employed Residents
20,847
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
7.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
North Charleston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Goose Creek proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Goose Creek commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

52 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Goose Creek

20,847 commutes, one dot at a time

Goose Creek

Where 20,847 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Goose Creek, by worker count.

1North Charleston7.6 mi5,935
2Charleston14.7 mi3,362
3Goose Creek0.0 mi1,498
4Mount Pleasant16.0 mi1,187
5Summerville9.3 mi843
6Moncks Corner11.1 mi481
7Columbia89.8 mi419
8Hanahan5.6 mi355

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Goose Creek.

1Goose Creek0.0 mi1,498
2North Charleston7.6 mi1,032
3Summerville9.3 mi665
4Charleston14.7 mi651
5Mount Pleasant16.0 mi360
6Ladson4.7 mi312
7Hanahan5.6 mi298
8Moncks Corner11.1 mi289

Top industries

The sectors that employ Goose Creek’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade17.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.1%
EDEducational Services10.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services9.1%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)7.9%
FIFinance and Insurance7.1%
MFManufacturing5.7%
COConstruction4.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Goose Creek

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps96%
5 Gbps91%
8 Gbps
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