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Ravenel town, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Ravenel town is a Census town of 2,615 people across 13.18 square miles of land, in Charleston County. Median household income is $82,738, 86.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.1 m.
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Ravenel
What Ravenel is
- Census place typetown
- Land area13.18 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land198
- County holding the largest share of its areaCharleston County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ravenel
How many people live in Ravenel
- Population2,615
- Median age39.1
- Population under 18752 plus or minus 218
- Share under 1828.8 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Population 65 and over366 plus or minus 108
- Share 65 and over14.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households992
- Family households765 plus or minus 173
- Share of households that are families77.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Ravenel
- Median household income$82,738 plus or minus $22,988
- Per capita income$39,137 plus or minus $10,698
- Civilian labor force1,208 plus or minus 250
- Employed1,208 plus or minus 250
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,765
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.9 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.0 percent plus or minus 7.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Ravenel
- Housing units1,063
- Occupied units992
- Vacant units71 plus or minus 66
- Vacancy rate6.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied858 plus or minus 183
- Renter occupied134 plus or minus 81
- Ownership rate86.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$238,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,115 plus or minus $537
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.2 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Single family units745 plus or minus 206
- Share single family70.1 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Units in buildings of two or more13 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more1.2 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Mobile homes302 plus or minus 123
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Ravenel gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,151 plus or minus 247
- Commuting under 15 minutes352 plus or minus 254
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.6 percent plus or minus 21.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more546 plus or minus 153
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.4 percent
- Drove alone79.3 percent
- Carpooled14.9 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ravenel
SBA loans in Ravenel (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$3,133,000
- Average approval$1,566,500
- Median approval$2,918,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,918,000
- Largest approval$2,918,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term312 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Charleston County, not Ravenel
Charleston County context, not Ravenel figures
These are Charleston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ravenel measurements.
- Establishments in Charleston County15,801
- Employment at those establishments, Charleston County226,330
- Covered employment, Charleston County278,476
- Average annual pay, Charleston County$68,271
- Average weekly wage, Charleston County$1,313
- Housing units permitted, Charleston County4,153
- Of those, single family, Charleston County3,052
- County product, 2024, Charleston County$50,461,876,000
- County product change over the prior year, Charleston County7.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Charleston County$117,050
Every figure in this section is published for Charleston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ravenel. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ravenel questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ravenel, South Carolina?
2,615, in 992 households. Ravenel town covers 13.18 square miles of land, which is 198 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ravenel in?
Charleston County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ravenel?
$82,738. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $238,700. Median gross rent is $1,115 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ravenel businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $3.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $2,918,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ravenel, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ravenel borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ravenel. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Ravenel figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Charleston County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ravenel.
Is zoning published for Ravenel?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.