Goose Creek vs Hanahan

A side-by-side comparison of Goose Creek and Hanahan: population, income, housing, and more.

Goose Creek and Hanahan are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goose Creek has the higher population (46,964 vs 21,119 in Hanahan). Goose Creek has the higher median household income ($87,437 vs $84,061 in Hanahan). Hanahan has the higher median home value ($339,800 vs $279,500 in Goose Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Creek	Hanahan
Population	46,964	21,119
Median age	33.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,437	$84,061
Median home value	$279,500	$339,800
Median gross rent	$1,611	$1,324
Housing units	17,759	8,501
Homeownership rate	68.5%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Creek	Hanahan
Population	41,978 → 46,964 (+11.9%)	24,353 → 21,119 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$68,893 → $87,437 (+26.9%)	$70,043 → $84,061 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $279,500 (+48.4%)	$228,800 → $339,800 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,307 → $1,611 (+23.3%)	$1,084 → $1,324 (+22.1%)

Goose Creek

Population

41,97846,964

Median household income

$68,893$87,437

Median home value

$188,300$279,500

Median gross rent

$1,307$1,611

Hanahan

Population

24,35321,119

Median household income

$70,043$84,061

Median home value

$228,800$339,800

Median gross rent

$1,084$1,324

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Creek	Hanahan
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	15.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.0%
75 and over	4.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Creek	Hanahan
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	71.9%
Black or African American	22.0%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Creek	Hanahan
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	26.6%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Creek	Hanahan
Drove alone	72.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.2%	2.1%
Walked	5.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Creek	Hanahan
1-unit, detached	69.0%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	8.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Goose Creek	Hanahan
Poverty rate	6.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	2001	1987