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Population (year 2000): 2,214. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,306 (+4.2% change)
Males: 1,063 (48.0%), Females: 1,151 (52.0%)
Charleston County
Zip code:
29470
Median resident age: 35.2 years
Median household income: $33,021 (year 2000)
Median house value: $93,300 (year 2000)
Races in Ravenel:
- Black (50.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (46.7%)
- Hispanic (2.7%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (7.6%), United States
(6.7%), Irish (4.9%), German (4.7%), Italian (2.0%),
Scotch-Irish (1.8%).
Elevation: 38 feet
Land area: 12.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ravenel
- High school or higher: 73.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
- Unemployed: 5.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ravenel town
- Never married: 27.8%
- Now married: 49.8%
- Separated: 4.9%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 8.9%
2.3% Foreign born (1.9% Latin America, 0.5%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +8 (+0.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ravenel:
- BON SECOURS-ST FRANCIS XAVIER HOSPITAL (about 12
miles; CHARLESTON, SC)
- TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; CHARLESTON,
SC)
- HEALTHSOUTH REHAB HOSP OF CHARLESTON (about 17
miles; N CHARLESTON, SC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ravenel:
- CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (about 15 miles; CHARLESTON, SC;
ID: CHS)
- BEAUFORT MCAS /MERRITT FIELD/ (about 41 miles;
BEAUFORT, SC; ID: NBC)
- HILTON HEAD (about 51 miles; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC;
ID: HXD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ravenel:
- CHARLESTON EXECUTIVE (about 17 miles; CHARLESTON,
SC; ID: JZI)
- SUMMERVILLE (about 19 miles; SUMMERVILLE, SC; ID:
DYB)
- LOWCOUNTRY RGNL (about 31 miles; WALTERBORO, SC; ID:
RBW)
Amtrak station near Ravenel:
- 17 miles: CHARLESTON (N. CHARLESTON, 4565 GAYNOR
AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, vending machines, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental
service, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ravenel:
- CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,191)
- TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 18 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 5,925)
- MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (about 19
miles; CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,162)
- COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (about 20 miles; CHARLESTON,
SC; FT enrollment: 9,756)
- CITADEL MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (about 26
miles; CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,701)
- SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles;
ORANGEBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,971)
- SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (about 81 miles;
SAVANNAH, GA; FT enrollment: 4,565)
Public primary/middle school in Ravenel:
- E B ELLINGTON ELEMENTARY (Students: 328;
Location: 5600 ELLINGTON ROAD; Grades: PK - 06)
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