Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Trash day: look up yoursFEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades C, 96th of 167 graded towns in South Carolina. Its weakest subject is safety: its police reported 44 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 75% of U.S. towns. 10% of residents are 65 or older in Moncks Corner, below both South Carolina’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (18%). Its National Register listings include Biggin Church Ruins and Lewisfield Plantation. Moncks Corner's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 88% of U.S. towns.
Where Moncks Corner beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Lewisfield Plantation
Steven Furtick
Its founding year, 1728, comes before those of 97% of the South Carolina towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 118 in 1890, 13,297 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1904 and 4 maps from 1920 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Moncks Corner is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Moncks Corner, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Moncks Corner.
Moncks Corner has seen reported crime fall by about half, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of South Carolina (mostly hurricanes).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of South Carolina towns, with expected losses of about $639 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1982, 26 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Moncks Corner.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Berkeley 01 school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Berkeley High, with 2,047 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,477 | C− |
| Berkeley HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,047 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
7.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Moncks Corner is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Moncks Corner | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes fell from 484 to 301 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Moncks Corner’s violent crime rate is 2.2 per 1,000 residents. Moncks Corner reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 75% report less. Moncks Corner’s property crime rate is 12.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Moncks Corner | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 4.3 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.9 per 1,000 residents | 21.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Moncks Corner home is worth about $373,000, up 1.1% in a year, 23% above the South Carolina typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
People 65 and older are 10% of residents (19% statewide); children under 18 are 27% of residents (22% statewide). Moncks Corner has grown 55% since 2020, to 20,612 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across South Carolina.
| Moncks Corner | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 27% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 35.4 years | 38.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 23% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.3 points. Across South Carolina, 51.3% of residents are women. Median age: women 35.2, men 36.0.
| Moncks Corner | SC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.8% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.3% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.4% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.3% | 12.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.2% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.8% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26% | 28.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.6% | 19.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.4% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.4% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.3% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Moncks Corner has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 93°, January nights drop to 37° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Moncks Corner for work: only 11% work in town. 8.3% of Moncks Corner residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Moncks Corner has added 1,019 jobs, to 7,163 in 2023.
| Moncks Corner | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 8.6% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moncks Corner beats the South Carolina average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of adults report frequent physical distress in Moncks Corner.
| Moncks Corner | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 40% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 12% |
| What stands out | Moncks Corner | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 8.6% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 75.7% | 80.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Moncks Corner; the nearest are
About 8 of every 100 Moncks Corner residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
7,885 counted in 2010 and 13,297 in 2020; an estimated 20,612 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 54.8% since 2020, after 68.6% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
3 places in Moncks Corner on the National Register of Historic Places.
14 notable people were born in Moncks Corner.
Town in South Carolina, United States
Moncks Corner is a town in and the county seat of Berkeley County in South Carolina, United States. It lies south of Lake Moultrie in the Charleston metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 13,297.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Moncks Corner grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #96 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades B for health, C for safety and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Within South Carolina, it does better than 65% of towns.
That is 4.4 years of the area's median household income ($85,254 across the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
14 notable people were born here, including Steven Furtick and Robin Kenyatta.
