Goose Creek vs Pimlico

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

Goose Creek and Pimlico 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 1,940 in Pimlico). Pimlico has the higher median household income ($138,833 vs $87,437 in Goose Creek). Pimlico has the higher median home value ($428,200 vs $279,500 in Goose Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Creek	Pimlico
Population	46,964	1,940
Median age	33.7 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,437	$138,833
Median home value	$279,500	$428,200
Median gross rent	$1,611	—
Housing units	17,759	642
Homeownership rate	68.5%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Creek	Pimlico
Population	41,978 → 46,964 (+11.9%)	1,450 → 1,940 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$68,893 → $87,437 (+26.9%)	$134,464 → $138,833 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $279,500 (+48.4%)	$300,900 → $428,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,307 → $1,611 (+23.3%)	—

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

Pimlico

Population

1,4501,940

Median household income

$134,464$138,833

Median home value

$300,900$428,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Creek	Pimlico
Under 5	5.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	0.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	25.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	27.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.1%
75 and over	4.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Creek	Pimlico
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	90.7%
Black or African American	22.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Creek	Pimlico
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Creek	Pimlico
Drove alone	72.7%	87.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Creek	Pimlico
1-unit, detached	69.0%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Goose Creek	Pimlico
Poverty rate	6.6%	1.1%
Average household size	2.64	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	2001	1985