Burton vs Seabrook

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

Burton and Seabrook 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 959 in Seabrook). Seabrook has the higher median household income ($62,941 vs $57,315 in Burton). Burton has the higher median home value ($198,300 vs $27,200 in Seabrook).

Population, income & housing

	Burton	Seabrook
Population	7,132	959
Median age	31.8 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,315	$62,941
Median home value	$198,300	$27,200
Median gross rent	$1,281	—
Housing units	2,956	494
Homeownership rate	51.3%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burton	Seabrook
Population	9,097 → 7,132 (-21.6%)	1,456 → 959 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$54,012 → $57,315 (+6.1%)	$44,615 → $62,941 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$131,200 → $198,300 (+51.1%)	—
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

Seabrook

Population

1,456959

Median household income

$44,615$62,941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burton	Seabrook
Under 5	9.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	7.5%
18 to 24	13.9%	14.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	23.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.5%
75 and over	4.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burton	Seabrook
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	16.1%
Black or African American	38.3%	52.8%
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%	31.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burton	Seabrook
No high school diploma	11.1%	20.9%
High school graduate	41.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burton	Seabrook
Drove alone	86.5%	88.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	11.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burton	Seabrook
1-unit, detached	53.4%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
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%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Burton	Seabrook
Poverty rate	10.6%	18.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1988	1990