With 5,480 people, Walterboro is a city in South Carolina. The poverty rate is 28.2%, above the 12.5% national rate. Owners hold 51% of the housing stock. About 25% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $183,500, having more than doubled since 2000. This skews young, with a median age of 35.2.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,457, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
25% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 36%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Walterboro
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants62.6% → 50.7%(−11.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree18.6% → 25.0%(+6.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Hispanic share1.0% → 4.2%(+3.2 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Its weight in Colleton County
Walterboro's population equals 14% of Colleton County's. Its number of households without a car equals 34% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 34% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)36.8%(77)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.7%(39)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.8%(77)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.2%(15)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 209 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Walterboro, decade by decade
Walterboro population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,492
$41,202
$124,324
18.6%
63.2
2000
5,153
$58,657
$134,802
19.6%
65.5
2010
5,398
$38,049
$185,863
25.1%
68.8
2020
5,544
$41,172
$140,233
26.3%
73.4
2024
5,480
$56,457
$183,500
25.0%
71.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
