Median household income (1999): $43,066
Estimated median household income in 2005: $44,844
| This zip code | $44,844 | | South Carolina: | $39,316 |
Nearest zip codes: 29935, 29906, 29920, 29940, 29926, 29941.
Housing units in zip code 29902 with a mortgage: 3,744 (413 second mortgage, 461 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,416
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,082
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $326
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 9.6% | | Whole state: | 14.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 5.1% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.1 | | State: | 5.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.3 | | State: | 4.3 |
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Tourist attractions (not listed on the city page) : Beaufort Historical Tours & Information Center (Tours & Charters; 902 Boundary Street) (1), Carolina Buggy Tours (Tours & Charters; 1002 Bay Street) (2), Beaufort Tour Service (Tours & Charters; 1002 Bay Street) (3), Beaufort Kayak Tours (Tours & Charters; 2707 Oaklawn Street) (4), Higher Ground (Tours & Charters; 1307 Boundary Street) (5), Beaufort County Water Festival (Tours & Charters; 6 Copeland Drive) (6). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Year house built:
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- 1999 to March 2000: 471
- 1995 to 1998: 1,478
- 1990 to 1994: 920
- 1980 to 1989: 1,981
- 1970 to 1979: 1,787
- 1960 to 1969: 1,153
- 1950 to 1959: 1,222
- 1940 to 1949: 436
- 1939 or earlier: 465
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Parris Island, SC (29902):
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- no bedroom: 18
- 1 bedrooms: 104
- 2 bedrooms: 944
- 3 bedrooms: 3,900
- 4 bedrooms: 1,094
- 5 or more bedrooms: 157
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
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- no bedroom: 32
- 1 bedrooms: 590
- 2 bedrooms: 1,296
- 3 bedrooms: 834
- 4 bedrooms: 169
- 5 or more bedrooms: 32
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Vehicles available in 29902 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no vehicle: 296
- 1 vehicle: 1,838
- 2 vehicles: 2,757
- 3 vehicles: 1,100
- 4 vehicles: 141
- 5 or more vehicles: 85
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
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- no vehicle: 378
- 1 vehicle: 1,504
- 2 vehicles: 814
- 3 vehicles: 193
- 4 vehicles: 56
- 5 or more vehicles: 8
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Estimated household income distribution in 2005:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2005 in zip code 29902:
- $15,000 to $19,999: 19
- $20,000 to $24,999: 9
- $30,000 to $34,999: 22
- $35,000 to $39,999: 31
- $40,000 to $49,999: 14
- $50,000 to $59,999: 121
- $60,000 to $69,999: 224
- $70,000 to $79,999: 355
- $80,000 to $89,999: 350
- $90,000 to $99,999: 395
- $100,000 to $124,999: 639
- $125,000 to $149,999: 651
- $150,000 to $174,999: 515
- $175,000 to $199,999: 342
- $200,000 to $249,999: 491
- $250,000 to $299,999: 188
- $300,000 to $399,999: 259
- $400,000 to $499,999: 191
- $500,000 to $749,999: 206
- $750,000 to $999,999: 80
- $1,000,000 or more: 58
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Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 29902:
- Less than $100: 158
- $100 to $149: 88
- $150 to $199: 88
- $200 to $249: 68
- $250 to $299: 130
- $300 to $349: 152
- $350 to $399: 167
- $400 to $449: 250
- $450 to $499: 340
- $500 to $549: 292
- $550 to $599: 188
- $600 to $649: 197
- $650 to $699: 166
- $700 to $749: 65
- $750 to $799: 86
- $800 to $899: 198
- $900 to $999: 37
- $1,000 to $1,249: 42
- $1,250 to $1,499: 8
- $1,500 to $1,999: 9
- $2,000 or more: 10
- No cash rent: 201
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,700
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2005 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $213,137
- Black or African American householders: $143,794
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $109,488
- Asian householders: $256,494
- Some other race householders: $164,232
- Two or more races householders: $263,794
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $222,334
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,100
- One, attached: 412
- Two: 368
- 3 or 4: 397
- 5 to 9: 490
- 10 to 19: 82
- 20 to 49: 117
- 50 or more: 12
- Mobile homes: 935

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 8,965 (62%)
- Carpooled: 1,484 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 81 (1%)
- Ferryboat: 8 (0%)
- Taxi: 28 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 34 (0%)
- Bicycle: 62 (0%)
- Walked: 2,257 (16%)
- Other means: 723 (5%)
- Worked at home: 830 (6%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 1333
- 5 to 9 minutes: 2480
- 10 to 14 minutes: 2603
- 15 to 19 minutes: 2333
- 20 to 24 minutes: 1565
- 25 to 29 minutes: 390
- 30 to 34 minutes: 754
- 35 to 39 minutes: 149
- 40 to 44 minutes: 56
- 45 to 59 minutes: 578
- 60 to 89 minutes: 464
- 90 or more minutes: 937
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 96.0%
Household type by relationship
Households: 22,965
- In family households: 19,814 (4,717 male householders, 1,713 female householders)
5,203 spouses, 6,947 children (6,209 natural, 204 adopted, 534 stepchildren), 504 grandchildren, 110 brothers or sisters, 108 parents, 243 other relatives, 269 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,151 (1,155 male householders (886 living alone)), 1,500 female householders (1,350 living alone)), 496 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4,225 (360 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,816 2-persons, 1,550 3-persons, 1,240 4-persons, 533 5-persons, 231 6-persons, 60 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,236 1-person, 356 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 27 4-persons.
3,995 married couples with children.
1,642 single-parent households (266 men, 1,376 women).
90.6% of residents of 29902 zip code speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% very well, 17% well, 10% not well, 4% not at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% very well, 16% well, 1% not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% very well, 15% well, 6% not well, 3% not at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).
Foreign born population: 993 (3.7%)
(47.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 3.7% | | Whole state: | 2.9% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Colombia (8%)
- Italy (4%)
- Korea (4%)
- Japan (4%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population
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- 1995 to March 2000: 176
- 1990 to 1994: 176
- 1985 to 1989: 166
- 1980 to 1984: 181
- 1975 to 1979: 40
- 1970 to 1974: 51
- 1970 to 1974: 22
- 1965 to 1969: 181
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First ancestries reported:
- Other groups: 7323
- Irish: 2485
- English: 2316
- German: 2301
- United States or American: 2093
- Italian: 1007
- French (except Basque): 741
- Scotch-Irish: 616
- Scottish: 599
- Polish: 469
- European: 204
- French Canadian: 198
- Subsaharan African:: 175
- Dutch: 172
- British: 143
- Swedish: 140
- African: 137
- West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 122
- Norwegian: 106
- Russian: 90
- Welsh: 87
- Arab:: 82
- Danish: 71
- Hungarian: 60
- Czechoslovakian: 57
- Canadian: 55
- Portuguese: 55
- Greek: 51
- Scandinavian: 44
- Syrian: 43
- Jamaican: 43
- Swiss: 41
- Czech: 38
- Bermudan: 33
- Moroccan: 32
- Ukrainian: 28
- Austrian: 27
- South African: 20
- Guyanese: 20
- Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 16
- Croatian: 15
- Lithuanian: 15
- Haitian: 12
- West Indian: 12
- Romanian: 11
- Ghanian: 11
- Slovak: 10
- Lebanese: 7
- Australian: 7
- Acadian/Cajun: 7
- Nigerian: 7
- Serbian: 6
- Belizean: 6
- Bulgarian: 5
- Yugoslavian: 5

Median worth of mobile homes: $47,200


Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (71%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9150
- Northeast: 4015
- Midwest: 3143
- South: 7601
- West: 1722
42% of the 29902 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 14% lived in South Carolina.
Population in 1990: 43,849. Population change in the 1990s: -16,685 (-38.1%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 448
| Here: | 15.4% | | South Carolina: | 9.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 299
| Here: | 18.7% | | South Carolina: | 8.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 115
| Here: | 9.3% | | South Carolina: | 20.3% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (500-999 employees: 2 establishments)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (50-99: 3, 20-49: 5, 10-19: 11, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 8)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (50-99: 1, 20-49: 9, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 3)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (20-49: 4, 10-19: 8, 5-9: 11, 1-4: 12)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Food Service Contractors (100-249: 2, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Offices of Lawyers (50-99: 1, 20-49: 1, 10-19: 4, 5-9: 9, 1-4: 28)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (20-49: 3, 10-19: 4, 5-9: 4, 1-4: 5)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (100-249: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Wholesale Trade: Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (100-249: 1)
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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
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People in group quarters
- 3788 people in military barracks, etc.
- 200 people in nursing homes
- 162 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 19 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
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