Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace median real estate price is $489,219, which is more expensive than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in South Carolina and 81.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace is currently $2,224, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 97.3% of the neighborhoods in South Carolina.
Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. This is a coastal neighborhood (i.e., is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet).
Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace are 6.6%, which is lower than one will find in 63.1% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Mount Pleasant, the Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Do you like a coastal setting? If so, this neighborhood may be to your liking. The Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Often such coastal places have amenities and recreational activities on the waterfront that are attractive to residents and visitors alike. In addition to being coastal, Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.
In addition, homes built from 2000 through today make up a higher proportion of the Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood's real estate landscape than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America. When you are driving around this neighborhood, you'll notice right away that it is one of the newest built of any, with the smell of fresh paint, and the look of young landscaping nearly everywhere you look. In fact, 60.8% of the residential real estate here is classified as newer.
In the Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood, many people's commute means walking from the bedroom to the home office. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that 18.2% of residents worked from home. This may not seem like a large number, but Scout's research shows that this is a higher percentage of people working from home than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America. Often people who work from home are engaged in the creative or technological economy, such as is found in areas around Boston, and in Silicon Valley. Other times, people may be engaged in other businesses like trading stocks from home, or running a small beauty salon.
The Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 5.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of South Carolina. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives, active retirees and urban sophisticates.
Significantly, 9.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood in Mount Pleasant are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 85.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 60.5% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood, 51.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.9%), and 7.3% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (9.8%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood in Mount Pleasant, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report German roots (12.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Porcher Bluff / Whitehall Terrace neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (92.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2019 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated February 2021.
Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2019 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2020 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Methodology: Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data
School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to SC* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Pinckney Elementary School
3300 Thomas Cario Boulevard Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 |
03-05 | ||
Jennie Moore Elementary School
2725 Bulrush Basket Lane Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 |
PK-05 | ||
Laing Middle School
2705 Bulrush Basket Lane Mt. Pleasant, SC 29418 |
06-08 | ||
Laurel Hill Primary School
3100 Thomas Cario Boulevard Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 |
PK-02 | ||
Sullivan's Island Elementary School
2014 Mike Perkis Place Sullivan's Island, SC 29482 |
PK-05 | ||
Thomas C. Cario Middle School
3500 Thomas Cario Boulevard Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 |
06-08 | ||
Wando High School
1000 Warrior Way Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 |
09-12 | ||
* 10 is highest |
GET FULL REPORTS FOR ANY SCHOOL IN THIS DISTRICT
SEE ALL SCHOOLSAnalytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
Methodology: Scout Vision uniquely solves for investment risk by generating Home Price Appreciation projections with unprecedented geographic granularity and predictive accuracy, for every micro-neighborhood (block group) in the U.S. Read more
Disclaimer
Forecasts of potential occurrences or non-occurrences of future conditions and events are inherently uncertain. Actual
results may differ materially from what is predicted in any information provided by Location Inc. Nothing contained in or
generated by a Location Inc. product or services is, or should be relied upon as, a promise or representation as to the future
performance or prediction of real estate values. No representation is made as to the accuracy of any forecast, estimate, or
projection. Location Inc. makes no express or implied warranty and all information and content is provided "As is" without
any warranties of any kind. Location Inc. expressly disclaims any warranty of accuracy or predictability, and any warranty of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Location Inc. further disclaims any liability for damages, loss, or injury
arising out of the use this site and the data. All risks associated with using the site and the data are borne by the user at
user's sole cost and expense. By using the site you agree to our
Terms of Use.