Burton vs Daufuskie Island

A side-by-side comparison of Burton and Daufuskie Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burton has the higher population (7,132 vs 636 in Daufuskie Island). Daufuskie Island has the higher median household income ($153,821 vs $57,315 in Burton). Since 2019, Daufuskie Island's population has grown faster (+31.1% vs -21.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Burton	Daufuskie Island
Population	7,132	636
Median age	31.8 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,315	$153,821
Median home value	$198,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,281	—
Housing units	2,956	763
Homeownership rate	51.3%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	83.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burton	Daufuskie Island
Population	9,097 → 7,132 (-21.6%)	485 → 636 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$54,012 → $57,315 (+6.1%)	$129,667 → $153,821 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$131,200 → $198,300 (+51.1%)	$634,900 → $290,400 (-54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,281 (+20.1%)	—

Burton

Population

9,0977,132

Median household income

$54,012$57,315

Median home value

$131,200$198,300

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,281

Daufuskie Island

Population

485636

Median household income

$129,667$153,821

Median home value

$634,900$290,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burton	Daufuskie Island
Under 5	9.6%	0.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	7.4%
18 to 24	13.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	3.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	2.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	45.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	21.9%
75 and over	4.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burton	Daufuskie Island
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	66.4%
Black or African American	38.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	30.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burton	Daufuskie Island
No high school diploma	11.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	41.4%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	60.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burton	Daufuskie Island
Drove alone	86.5%	16.2%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	58.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	15.3%
Other means	0.5%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burton	Daufuskie Island
1-unit, detached	53.4%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Burton	Daufuskie Island
Poverty rate	10.6%	2.5%
Average household size	2.74	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1988	2003