City safety & data profile
HanahanSC
Hanahan, SC is a 18K-resident city in Berkeley County with a median household income of $87,984.
Berkeley County, South Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hanahan, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hanahan has a population larger than 38% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $374,800, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 18K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 39%
- By size
- $87,984
- Median income (place)
- $374,800
- Median home (place)
- 11.7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Hanahan
Hanahan posts a median household income higher than 58% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Hanahan area.
- Top 42%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Hanahan
Composite score · Hanahan, SC
48/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Curious how Hanahan stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Hanahan income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$87,984 Top 42% higher than 58% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Population ranking: SC
50 SC places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Columbia
Columbia, SC
142,416 residents
- Charleston
Charleston, SC
132,609 residents
- North Charleston
North Charleston, SC
108,304 residents
- Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant, SC
81,317 residents
- Rock Hill
Rock Hill, SC
71,548 residents
- Greenville
Greenville, SC
64,579 residents
- Summerville 48,848
Summerville, SC
48,848 residents
- Sumter 40,816
Sumter, SC
40,816 residents
- Goose Creek 40,633
Goose Creek, SC
40,633 residents
- Hilton Head Island 40,512
Hilton Head Island, SC
40,512 residents
What this shows By headcount, Columbia ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Five Forks.
Top earners by city in SC
The same 50-city SC pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Five Forks
Five Forks, SC
$141,786 median
- Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant, SC
$124,755 median
- Fort Mill
Fort Mill, SC
$121,823 median
- Bluffton
Bluffton, SC
$111,281 median
- Hilton Head Island
Hilton Head Island, SC
$94,657 median
- Charleston
Charleston, SC
$92,414 median
- Goose Creek
Goose Creek, SC
$88,178 median
- Hanahan
Hanahan, SC
$87,984 median
- Lexington
Lexington, SC
$87,126 median
- North Augusta
North Augusta, SC
$86,092 median
What this shows Five Forks leads this pool on median income; Columbia is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Hanahan, SC beyond the headline numbers
Hanahan sits inside Berkeley County, South Carolina, at roughly 32.92°N, -80.02°W. Population 17,997, $87,984 median household income. Median home value $374,800, median rent $1,412. Poverty rate 11.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Hanahan (nearest 1.5 mi away), 3/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER. Climate: 66.5°F annual average, 52.7" precipitation.
Hanahan's labor market runs tight: 2.4% unemployment, in the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 9.3% in Hanahan, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
38.2% of Hanahan adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
A median home in Hanahan runs about 4.3 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Poverty in Hanahan, SC stands at 11.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Remote work covers 12.1% of Hanahan workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Median rent in Hanahan, SC runs $1,412/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hanahan from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024
County-level trend (Berkeley County): Hanahan's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
The clearest outlier in Hanahan's numbers is median rent: $1,412/mo, which is 8% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Poverty rate runs 6% below average too, at 11.7%.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 11.7% -6% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 2.4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 38.2% |
| Work From Home | 12.1% |
| Public Transit | 1.8% |
Population Snapshot
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Closest Hospitals 5 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.0% above national average
Metro area: Charleston-North Charleston, SC (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $5.4M across 249 flood insurance claims filed in Berkeley County.
The largest single contributor was Hurricane Matthew, accounting for 107 claims.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Hanahan?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hanahan right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet SC-HANAHAN · Hanahan
Hanahan: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Hanahan; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse South Carolina state hubs · Methodology
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hanahan, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside SC (11.7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside SC ($87,984 here).
Compare Hanahan with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Next steps for Hanahan
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Hanahan area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Hanahan against South Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore South Carolina
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Berkeley County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.