Population & Demographics
Charleston, SC
Charleston is home to 154,338 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 75,430 resident workers commute each day.
154,338 residents
Median age 36.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Charleston population & demographics
Who lives in Charleston — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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 Charleston
How Charleston 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).
Race across Charleston
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 Charleston.
These figures are for Charleston 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 Charleston 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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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Charleston
75,430 commutes, one dot at a time
Charleston
Where 75,430 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Charleston, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Charleston.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Charleston’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%.
Internet options for Charleston
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).