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Summerville town, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Summerville town is a Census town of 51,654 people across 22.60 square miles of land, lying across Dorchester County and Berkeley County and Charleston County. Median household income is $81,046, 69.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 141 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $79.0 m.
78 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Summerville
What Summerville is
- Census place typetown
- Land area22.6 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,286
- County holding the largest share of its areaDorchester County, 76.2 percent
- Counties this place lies inDorchester County 76.2 percent, Berkeley County 19.8 percent, Charleston County 4.0 percent
Summerville town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Summerville
How many people live in Summerville
- Population51,654
- Median age38.9
- Population under 1811,801
- Share under 1822.8 percent
- Population 65 and over8,370
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households21,228
- Family households13,677
- Share of households that are families64.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Summerville
Income and work in Summerville
- Median household income$81,046
- Per capita income$41,538
- Civilian labor force27,631
- Employed26,288
- Unemployed1,343 plus or minus 469
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over35,858
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Summerville
Housing in Summerville
- Housing units22,776
- Occupied units21,228
- Vacant units1,548 plus or minus 406
- Vacancy rate6.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied14,660
- Renter occupied6,568
- Ownership rate69.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$328,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,526
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.6 percent
- Single family units16,093
- Share single family70.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,592
- Share in buildings of two or more24.6 percent
- Mobile homes1,091 plus or minus 348
- Median year structure built2001
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Summerville
How Summerville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute23,483
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,859
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more11,566
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.3 percent
- Drove alone79.5 percent
- Carpooled7.2 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home10.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Summerville
SBA loans in Summerville (7(a))
- Approvals141
- Gross approval$79,048,900
- Average approval$560,630
- Median approval$254,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,252,000
- Largest approval$4,762,800
- Jobs supported1,875
- Jobs per approval13.3
- Loans with a final outcome19
- Paid in full16
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans15.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.6 percent
- Share to franchises18.4 percent
- Distinct lenders43
- Distinct industries by NAICS77
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Summerville
SBA loans in Summerville (504)
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$25,956,000
- Average approval$1,179,818
- Median approval$742,000
- Largest approval$4,217,000
- Jobs supported396
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dorchester County, not Summerville
Dorchester County context, not Summerville 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 Summerville 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 Summerville. 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
Summerville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Summerville, South Carolina?
51,654, in 21,228 households. Summerville town covers 22.60 square miles of land, which is 2,286 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Summerville in?
Summerville lies in more than one. By area it is 76.2 percent in Dorchester County, 19.8 percent in Berkeley County, 4.0 percent in Charleston County. This page sits under Dorchester County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Summerville?
$81,046. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $328,100. Median gross rent is $1,526 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Summerville businesses?
141 7(a) approvals totalling $79.0 m, across 43 lenders, median approval $254,000, plus 22 504 approvals worth $26.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Summerville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Summerville borrowers get paid back?
Of the 19 loans that have reached a final outcome, 16 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 15.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Summerville 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 Summerville.
Is zoning published for Summerville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.