Goose Creek vs Sangaree

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

Goose Creek and Sangaree 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 8,517 in Sangaree). Goose Creek has the higher median household income ($87,437 vs $77,939 in Sangaree). Goose Creek has the higher median home value ($279,500 vs $231,900 in Sangaree).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Creek	Sangaree
Population	46,964	8,517
Median age	33.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,437	$77,939
Median home value	$279,500	$231,900
Median gross rent	$1,611	$1,428
Housing units	17,759	3,415
Homeownership rate	68.5%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Creek	Sangaree
Population	41,978 → 46,964 (+11.9%)	7,840 → 8,517 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$68,893 → $87,437 (+26.9%)	$62,024 → $77,939 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $279,500 (+48.4%)	$148,900 → $231,900 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,307 → $1,611 (+23.3%)	$1,273 → $1,428 (+12.2%)

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

Sangaree

Population

7,8408,517

Median household income

$62,024$77,939

Median home value

$148,900$231,900

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,428

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Creek	Sangaree
Under 5	5.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.8%
75 and over	4.5%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Creek	Sangaree
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	65.4%
Black or African American	22.0%	26.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Creek	Sangaree
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Creek	Sangaree
Drove alone	72.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.2%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Creek	Sangaree
1-unit, detached	69.0%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Goose Creek	Sangaree
Poverty rate	6.6%	14.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	2001	1985