Goose Creek vs Moncks Corner

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

Goose Creek and Moncks Corner 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 14,362 in Moncks Corner). Moncks Corner has the higher median household income ($91,516 vs $87,437 in Goose Creek). Moncks Corner has the higher median home value ($312,800 vs $279,500 in Goose Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Creek	Moncks Corner
Population	46,964	14,362
Median age	33.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,437	$91,516
Median home value	$279,500	$312,800
Median gross rent	$1,611	$1,203
Housing units	17,759	5,153
Homeownership rate	68.5%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Creek	Moncks Corner
Population	41,978 → 46,964 (+11.9%)	10,743 → 14,362 (+33.7%)
Median household income	$68,893 → $87,437 (+26.9%)	$65,540 → $91,516 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $279,500 (+48.4%)	$203,200 → $312,800 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,307 → $1,611 (+23.3%)	$915 → $1,203 (+31.5%)

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

Moncks Corner

Population

10,74314,362

Median household income

$65,540$91,516

Median home value

$203,200$312,800

Median gross rent

$915$1,203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Creek	Moncks Corner
Under 5	5.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	15.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.8%
75 and over	4.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Creek	Moncks Corner
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	56.0%
Black or African American	22.0%	34.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	3.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Creek	Moncks Corner
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	26.6%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Creek	Moncks Corner
Drove alone	72.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	11.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Creek	Moncks Corner
1-unit, detached	69.0%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Goose Creek	Moncks Corner
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	2001	2005