Beaufort vs Shell Point

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

Beaufort and Shell Point 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 2,005 in Shell Point). Shell Point has the higher median household income ($65,840 vs $59,454 in Beaufort). Beaufort has the higher median home value ($310,400 vs $233,600 in Shell Point).

Population, income & housing

	Beaufort	Shell Point
Population	13,660	2,005
Median age	31.5 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,454	$65,840
Median home value	$310,400	$233,600
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,185
Housing units	6,539	892
Homeownership rate	58.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaufort	Shell Point
Population	13,404 → 13,660 (+1.9%)	2,842 → 2,005 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$54,873 → $59,454 (+8.3%)	$64,928 → $65,840 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $310,400 (+44.6%)	$176,700 → $233,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,061 (+12.9%)	$931 → $1,185 (+27.3%)

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

Shell Point

Population

2,8422,005

Median household income

$64,928$65,840

Median home value

$176,700$233,600

Median gross rent

$931$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaufort	Shell Point
Under 5	7.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	22.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	6.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.4%
75 and over	5.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaufort	Shell Point
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	80.7%
Black or African American	27.5%	13.1%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaufort	Shell Point
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.7%
High school graduate	26.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaufort	Shell Point
Drove alone	77.8%	83.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaufort	Shell Point
1-unit, detached	65.3%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaufort	Shell Point
Poverty rate	18.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1984	1988