Beaufort vs Seabrook

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

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

Beaufort has the higher population (13,660 vs 959 in Seabrook). Seabrook has the higher median household income ($62,941 vs $59,454 in Beaufort). Beaufort has the higher median home value ($310,400 vs $27,200 in Seabrook).

Population, income & housing

	Beaufort	Seabrook
Population	13,660	959
Median age	31.5 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,454	$62,941
Median home value	$310,400	$27,200
Median gross rent	$1,061	—
Housing units	6,539	494
Homeownership rate	58.7%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaufort	Seabrook
Population	13,404 → 13,660 (+1.9%)	1,456 → 959 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$54,873 → $59,454 (+8.3%)	$44,615 → $62,941 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $310,400 (+44.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,061 (+12.9%)	—

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

Seabrook

Population

1,456959

Median household income

$44,615$62,941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaufort	Seabrook
Under 5	7.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	7.5%
18 to 24	14.5%	14.6%
25 to 34	22.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	23.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.5%
75 and over	5.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaufort	Seabrook
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	16.1%
Black or African American	27.5%	52.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	31.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaufort	Seabrook
No high school diploma	3.6%	20.9%
High school graduate	26.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaufort	Seabrook
Drove alone	77.8%	88.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaufort	Seabrook
1-unit, detached	65.3%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Beaufort	Seabrook
Poverty rate	18.0%	18.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1984	1990