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St. George town, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
St. George town is a Census town of 2,154 people across 2.85 square miles of land, in Dorchester County. Median household income is $33,125, 48.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.2 m.
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St. George
What St. George is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.85 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land757 plus or minus 223
- County holding the largest share of its areaDorchester 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.
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How many people live in St. George
- Population2,154 plus or minus 635
- Median age41.6 plus or minus 13.4
- Population under 18590 plus or minus 213
- Share under 1827.4 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Population 65 and over533 plus or minus 203
- Share 65 and over24.7 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Households832 plus or minus 235
- Family households542 plus or minus 203
- Share of households that are families65.1 percent plus or minus 16.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in St. George
- Median household income$33,125 plus or minus $19,051
- Per capita income$21,877
- Civilian labor force659 plus or minus 211
- Employed655 plus or minus 210
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate0.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over1,478 plus or minus 403
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.7 percent plus or minus 29.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.7 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in St. George
- Housing units1,012 plus or minus 259
- Occupied units832 plus or minus 235
- Vacant units180 plus or minus 93
- Vacancy rate17.8 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Owner occupied404 plus or minus 119
- Renter occupied428 plus or minus 182
- Ownership rate48.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$113,500 plus or minus $58,869
- Median gross rent, monthly$703 plus or minus $489
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.5 percent plus or minus 23.0
- Single family units579 plus or minus 218
- Share single family57.2 percent plus or minus 15.9
- Units in buildings of two or more212 plus or minus 97
- Share in buildings of two or more20.9 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Mobile homes221 plus or minus 106
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How St. George gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute634 plus or minus 207
- Commuting under 15 minutes319 plus or minus 155
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.3 percent plus or minus 18.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more215 plus or minus 107
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.9 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Drove alone75.6 percent plus or minus 15.9
- Carpooled15.6 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Worked from home3.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in St. George (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$8,185,400
- Average approval$1,169,343
- Median approval$1,325,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,515,000
- Largest approval$2,515,000
- Jobs supported56
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more57.1 percent
- Share to franchises57.1 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Dorchester County, not St. George
Dorchester County context, not St. George figures
These are Dorchester County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as St. George measurements.
- Establishments in Dorchester County2,861
- Employment at those establishments, Dorchester County33,506
- Covered employment, Dorchester County41,444
- Average annual pay, Dorchester County$53,559
- Average weekly wage, Dorchester County$1,030
- Housing units permitted, Dorchester County1,192
- Of those, single family, Dorchester County1,192
- County product, 2024, Dorchester County$6,706,364,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dorchester County9.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dorchester County$58,495
Every figure in this section is published for Dorchester County as a whole and is not a measurement of St. George. 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
St. George questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in St. George, South Carolina?
2,154, in 832 households. St. George town covers 2.85 square miles of land, which is 757 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is St. George in?
Dorchester 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 St. George?
$33,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $113,500. Median gross rent is $703 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to St. George businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $8.2 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $1,325,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in St. George, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to St. George borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for St. George. only 2 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 St. George figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dorchester 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 St. George.
Is zoning published for St. George?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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