Dale vs Daufuskie Island

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

Dale 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.

Daufuskie Island has the higher population (636 vs 622 in Dale). Since 2019, Daufuskie Island's population has grown faster (+31.1% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Dale	Daufuskie Island
Population	622	636
Median age	66.2 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$153,821
Housing units	256	763
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	83.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dale	Daufuskie Island
Population	699 → 622 (-11.0%)	485 → 636 (+31.1%)
Median household income	—	$129,667 → $153,821 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$70,400 → $84,100 (+19.5%)	$634,900 → $290,400 (-54.3%)

Dale

Population

699622

Median home value

$70,400$84,100

Daufuskie Island

Population

485636

Median household income

$129,667$153,821

Median home value

$634,900$290,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dale	Daufuskie Island
Under 5	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	7.6%	7.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	3.6%
35 to 44	1.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	2.7%
55 to 64	4.2%	45.0%
65 to 74	19.9%	21.9%
75 and over	34.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dale	Daufuskie Island
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	66.4%
Black or African American	89.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	30.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dale	Daufuskie Island
No high school diploma	16.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	56.6%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	60.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dale	Daufuskie Island
Drove alone	60.6%	16.2%
Carpooled	30.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	58.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dale	Daufuskie Island
1-unit, detached	18.8%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	81.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Dale	Daufuskie Island
Poverty rate	40.2%	2.5%
Average household size	2.99	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1997	2003