Goose Creek vs Ladson

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

Goose Creek and Ladson 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 16,261 in Ladson). Goose Creek has the higher median household income ($87,437 vs $83,031 in Ladson). Goose Creek has the higher median home value ($279,500 vs $222,100 in Ladson).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Creek	Ladson
Population	46,964	16,261
Median age	33.7 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,437	$83,031
Median home value	$279,500	$222,100
Median gross rent	$1,611	$1,517
Housing units	17,759	6,253
Homeownership rate	68.5%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Creek	Ladson
Population	41,978 → 46,964 (+11.9%)	15,539 → 16,261 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$68,893 → $87,437 (+26.9%)	$63,808 → $83,031 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $279,500 (+48.4%)	$163,600 → $222,100 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,307 → $1,611 (+23.3%)	$1,216 → $1,517 (+24.8%)

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

Ladson

Population

15,53916,261

Median household income

$63,808$83,031

Median home value

$163,600$222,100

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,517

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Creek	Ladson
Under 5	5.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	21.6%
18 to 24	15.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	18.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.4%
75 and over	4.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Creek	Ladson
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	44.8%
Black or African American	22.0%	31.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	3.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Creek	Ladson
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.5%
High school graduate	26.6%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Creek	Ladson
Drove alone	72.7%	77.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	9.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Creek	Ladson
1-unit, detached	69.0%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	8.3%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Goose Creek	Ladson
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	2001	1989