Capturing Population Density by Neighborhood

The Union Pier PUD is proposing 1600 additional units (let’s estimate 2.5 people per unit or 4000 people) on 36 buildable acres. That’s approximately 111 people/acre, which is far greater than any other neighborhoods in Charleston.

By overlaying 2020 Census Block data with Charleston Neighborhood Council Data (the boundaries for each neighborhood association), we can get a sense for how big and how dense Charleston neighborhoods really are.

…or we can simply look up the neighborhood population table. The closest thing to what Lowe/SPA is proposing is Brownswood Place, with 83.2 people/acre at a site on John’s Island.

The code used to generate this data is here.