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Sangaree, South Carolina.

A community in Berkeley County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Berkeley County’s.

Living in Sangaree, Berkeley County, South Carolina

Sangaree, in Berkeley County, had 7,781 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $77,673 a year and half less, against $84,358 across Berkeley County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 85% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Berkeley County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 4.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Berkeley County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 7,781 in the 2020 census; median age 36.1
Household income $77,673 the median, give or take $17,284 · Berkeley County: $84,358
Unemployment 3.9% Berkeley County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 85% lived in by their owners; 15% rented
  • 3,217households
  • 17%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What people in Berkeley County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Building trades8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berkeley County had 70,252 jobs in 2025, 4.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 34°; warmest in July, 90° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 34° F M A M J J 90° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 34°; warmest in July, 90° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 34° F M A M J J 90° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 71°. About 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Summerville 4W weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Sangaree

  1. UPSCouriers and express delivery services289
  2. BW Mitchum TruckingGeneral freight trucking, long-distance, truckload135
  3. Food LionGrocery store95
  4. Sangaree Interimediate SchoolElementary and secondary schools92
  5. Blue Max Trucking, Inc - SummervilleDump trucking83
  6. CintasProfessional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers34

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 728 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. EarthquakesRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  5. Strong windRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sangaree’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Berkeley County.