Town · Berkeley County, South Carolina

Moncks Corner, South Carolina

Moncks Corner is a town in Berkeley County, South Carolina, part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area. It has 15,485 residents. Moncks Corner, South Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 32 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,602 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within South Carolina it ranks #105 of 268 cities and towns. It ranks best on new homes permitted (high), hospital quality rating (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), primary care physicians (low) and restaurants and bars (low).

32Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,602 of 15,651 cities and towns
South Carolina: #105 of 268 in SC
Population: 15,485 (2020-2024)
Land area: 12 mi²
Density: 1,346.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4547275

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety27#11,358/15,637
Economy80#3,170/15,631
Housing40#9,024/14,977
Health46#8,412/15,609
Healthcare33#10,537/15,650
Environment55#6,977/15,453
Education34#10,285/15,649
Infrastructure38#9,755/15,650
Community30#10,985/15,651
Leisure & amenities13#13,690/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Moncks Corner, South Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Berkeley County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New homes permitted · high35.4 /1k
98/100South Carolina 8.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100South Carolina 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBerkeley County value
Comfortable days · high32.8%
90/100South Carolina 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBerkeley County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.368
89/100South Carolina 0.475United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Job growth · high1.9%
87/100South Carolina 0.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataBerkeley County value
New business applications · high19.1 /1k
87/100South Carolina 16.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauBerkeley County value

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high90.8
9/100South Carolina 51.22025Federal Emergency Management AgencyBerkeley County value
Primary care physicians · low28 /100k
10/100South Carolina 68 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBerkeley County value
Restaurants and bars · low5.1 /10k
11/100South Carolina 9.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBerkeley County value
Social associations · low6.0 /10k
11/100South Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBerkeley County value
Dentists · low32 /100k
13/100South Carolina 60 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBerkeley County value
Drought exposure · high75%
18/100South Carolina 72%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAABerkeley County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
10,743 (2015-2019) → 15,485 (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.0% (2015-2019) → 58.6% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.5% (2015-2019) → 92.0% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
17.9% (2015-2019) → 29.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
26.3% (2015-2019) → 34.9% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$65,540 (2015-2019) → $91,500 (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Moncks Corner, South Carolina improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++12 points17.9% → 29.7%
Household income+40%$65,540 → $91,500
Broadband+13 points79.5% → 92.0%

Declined1

Rent burden+23 points36.0% → 58.6%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Moncks Corner, South Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.6 min2015-2019	29.0 min2020-2024	+1.4 min	Within the margin of error	32%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	93%
Broadband subscriptions	79.5%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	71%
Child poverty rate	16.5%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	17%
High school diploma or higher	88.6%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3852015-2019	0.3682020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$65,5402015-2019	$91,5002020-2024	+40%	Improved	73%
Poverty rate	12.4%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.3%2015-2019	34.9%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Rent-burdened households	36.0%2015-2019	58.6%2020-2024	+23 points	Declined	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	28%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Moncks Corner, South Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Moncks Corner, South Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Moncks Corner, South Carolina itself moved −6.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

15,485 residents (±31)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49†
30–39
20–29†
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+4.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

15,485 residents (±31)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

White51%7,848
Black39%6,022
Hispanic or Latino6.6%†1,017

Education

9,822 residents (±412)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

No high school diploma8.3%†815
High school or GED26%2,556
Some college24%2,319

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,194 households (±321)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $25k11%†595
$25k–50k12%†632
$50k–75k16%†846
$75k–100k15%804
$100k–150k22%1,143
$150k–200k15%801
$200k or more7.2%†373

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−12.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,194 households (±321)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Own74%3,868
Rent26%1,326

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+9.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,162 households (±343)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $7506.2%†72
$750–1,00017%†197
$1,000–1,50049%†

Home values

3,868 homes (±373)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $150k5.8%†226
$150k–250k21%810
$250k–400k45%1,747

Age of homes

5,482 homes (±306)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

2010 or later45%2,490
2000–200914%765
1980–199918%997

Size of homes

5,482 homes (±306)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Studio0.2%†12
1 bedroom1.6%†87
2 bedrooms16%†875

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

7,867 workers (±527)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Drive alone78%6,173
Carpool5.3%†413
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.2%†15
Bike0.6%†51
Work from home14%1,081
Other1.7%†134

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

6,786 workers (±430)

Moncks Corner, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under 15 min24%1,651
15–29 min28%1,907
30–44 min27%1,828

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Berkeley County, the county holding most of Moncks Corner's residents.

Berkeley County has 4,230 employer establishments, 165 for every 10,000 residents (0.66× the US rate of 248; 0.72× South Carolina's), with 61,856 paid employees at an average annual pay of $62,301. The Census Bureau also counts 23,174 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,230; 23,174 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 165; US 248 · South Carolina 228
Paid employees: 61,856
Average annual pay: $62,301; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Berkeley County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	387	15.1	0.97×About typical	2,965	$62,488	1,839
Restaurants and other eating places	300	11.7	0.64×Fewer than typical	5,938	$21,256	121
Ambulatory health care services	275	10.7	0.51×Fewer than typical	2,545	$71,769	830
Lessors of real estate	263	10.2	0.83×About typical	713	$67,604	1,838
Services to buildings and dwellings	144	5.6	0.83×About typical	1,280	$42,676	1,791
Construction of buildings	143	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	866	$101,770	664
Limited-service restaurants	142	5.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	2,986	$19,276	42
Real estate agents and brokers	136	5.3	1.09×About typical	233	$63,665	750
Truck transportation	136	5.3	1.05×About typical	1,205	$48,584	714
Full-service restaurants	129	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	2,543	$23,986	59
Building equipment contractors	127	4.9	0.82×About typical	1,176	$60,761	360
Religious organizations	119	4.6	0.84×About typical	779	$27,315	—

Rank places for an industry Open Berkeley County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 256,711 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

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Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Moncks Corner is mostly in Berkeley County.

See federal money in Berkeley County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Moncks Corner, South Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Nancy MaceR-SC-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 17.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Berkeley County49100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Charleston-North Charleston, SC75

Other cities and towns in Berkeley County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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