Beaufort vs Port Royal

A side-by-side comparison of Beaufort and Port Royal: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaufort and Port Royal are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Royal has the higher population (15,047 vs 13,660 in Beaufort). Port Royal has the higher median household income ($70,330 vs $59,454 in Beaufort). Beaufort has the higher median home value ($310,400 vs $298,000 in Port Royal).

Population, income & housing

	Beaufort	Port Royal
Population	13,660	15,047
Median age	31.5 yrs	25.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,454	$70,330
Median home value	$310,400	$298,000
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,606
Housing units	6,539	5,080
Homeownership rate	58.7%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaufort	Port Royal
Population	13,404 → 13,660 (+1.9%)	12,770 → 15,047 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$54,873 → $59,454 (+8.3%)	$49,797 → $70,330 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $310,400 (+44.6%)	$233,300 → $298,000 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,061 (+12.9%)	$1,220 → $1,606 (+31.6%)

Beaufort

Population

13,40413,660

Median household income

$54,873$59,454

Median home value

$214,700$310,400

Median gross rent

$940$1,061

Port Royal

Population

12,77015,047

Median household income

$49,797$70,330

Median home value

$233,300$298,000

Median gross rent

$1,220$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaufort	Port Royal
Under 5	7.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	30.6%
25 to 34	22.6%	17.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	6.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.9%
75 and over	5.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaufort	Port Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	57.9%
Black or African American	27.5%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaufort	Port Royal
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.9%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaufort	Port Royal
Drove alone	77.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	15.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaufort	Port Royal
1-unit, detached	65.3%	41.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	22.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Beaufort	Port Royal
Poverty rate	18.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1984	2008