What is the population of Tega Cay city?

Tega Cay city has 13,267 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 475 in South Carolina.

What is the median household income in Tega Cay city?

Median household income in Tega Cay city is $141,037 a year, 79.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tega Cay city?

Median gross rent is $1,307 a month and the median home value is $494,500, so rent absorbs about 11.1% of median household income.

Is Tega Cay city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tega Cay city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Tega Cay, SC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Tega Cay, South Carolina (Tega Cay, SC — Census place “Tega Cay city”) is 13,267 residents, ranking #47 of 475 places in South Carolina. Median household income is $141,037, the median home is worth $494,500 and median gross rent runs $1,307 a month. Looking for the Tega Cay South Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Tega Cay, SC: 29708.

Population: 13,267Tega Cay city residents
Median household income: $141,037Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $494,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,307Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 85.2%Owner-occupied households

Tega Cay ZIP codes (South Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Tega Cay.

The Tega Cay SC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

29708

What the numbers mean in Tega Cay city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Tega Cay city median would spend about 11.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 0.6% of residents and 85.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Tega Cay city, SC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Tega Cay city is a mid-size town in South Carolina, with 13,267 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #47 of 475 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 41.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Tega Cay city earn a median of $141,037 a year, 79.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 166% above the $53,071 median for the 263 South Carolina cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 0.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Tega Cay city is valued at $494,500, 63% above the national figure and 179% above the $177,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,307 a month, 7% below the national figure, or roughly $15,684 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 85.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Tega Cay city?: Tega Cay city has 13,267 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 475 in South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Tega Cay city?: Median household income in Tega Cay city is $141,037 a year, 79.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tega Cay city?: Median gross rent is $1,307 a month and the median home value is $494,500, so rent absorbs about 11.1% of median household income.
Is Tega Cay city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tega Cay city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Tega Cay city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.