James Island, South Carolina

James Island population, 2020 to 2024

James Island added 431 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +131. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so James Island is 88% of it.

James Island covers 4.84 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,573 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so James Island is denser than the typical town.

What county James Island is in

All of James Island's residents live in Charleston County, which had 431,001 residents in 2024. James Island holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in James Island

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps James Island by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29412. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where James Island is

The Census internal point of James Island is at 32.736100, -79.937200. Columbia, the capital, is 107.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Pleasant, SC (95,604 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charleston, SC, 6.7 miles away.

Daylight in James Island

At 32.74° N, James Island gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near James Island

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Folly Beach, 4.8 miles away, with 2,084 people.