South Carolina · Census place 4547275

Moncks Corner, South Carolina

Moncks Corner is a town in Berkeley County, South Carolina with an estimated 18,359 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 30th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,359
#30 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+36.6%
+4,916 people
Land area
11.5 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
1,596 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Moncks Corner. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Moncks Corner population, 2020 to 2024

Moncks Corner added 4,916 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +36.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,699. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Moncks Corner is 1.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,313. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Moncks Corner covers 11.50 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,596 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Moncks Corner is denser than the typical town.

What county Moncks Corner is in

All of Moncks Corner's residents live in Berkeley County, which had 264,276 residents in 2024. Moncks Corner holds 6.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Moncks Corner

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moncks Corner by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29461. 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 Moncks Corner is

The Census internal point of Moncks Corner is at 33.199800, -79.986600. Columbia, the capital, is 81.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Goose Creek, SC (50,352 people), 14.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is North Charleston, SC, 20.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.199800, -79.986600
DMS
33°11'59.28"N 79°59'11.76"W
UTM
17N 594455.6E 3673894.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
875252X7+W9

Daylight in Moncks Corner

At 33.20° N, Moncks Corner gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Moncks Corner

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Goose Creek, 14.2 miles away, with 50,352 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Moncks Corner, SC?

18,359 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,916 (36.6%) from 13,443 in July 2020.

What county is Moncks Corner in?

Berkeley County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Moncks Corner?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29461.

How far is Moncks Corner from Columbia?

81.9 miles (131.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Moncks Corner.

What is the nearest larger city to Moncks Corner?

Goose Creek, SC, with 50,352 residents, 14.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.