Daufuskie Island vs Fripp Island

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

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

Fripp Island has the higher population (753 vs 636 in Daufuskie Island). Daufuskie Island has the higher median household income ($153,821 vs $101,731 in Fripp Island). Since 2019, Daufuskie Island's population has grown faster (+31.1% vs -11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Daufuskie Island	Fripp Island
Population	636	753
Median age	57.7 yrs	65.8 yrs
Median household income	$153,821	$101,731
Median home value	—	$605,800
Housing units	763	1,560
Homeownership rate	97.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.9%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daufuskie Island	Fripp Island
Population	485 → 636 (+31.1%)	848 → 753 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$129,667 → $153,821 (+18.6%)	$95,795 → $101,731 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$634,900 → $290,400 (-54.3%)	$520,300 → $605,800 (+16.4%)

Daufuskie Island

Population

485636

Median household income

$129,667$153,821

Median home value

$634,900$290,400

Fripp Island

Population

848753

Median household income

$95,795$101,731

Median home value

$520,300$605,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Fripp Island
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	3.6%	0.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.7%	4.0%
55 to 64	45.0%	34.5%
65 to 74	21.9%	38.0%
75 and over	8.8%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Fripp Island
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daufuskie Island	Fripp Island
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	5.3%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	60.5%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Fripp Island
Drove alone	16.2%	71.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.7%
Public transit	58.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	20.6%
Other means	9.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Fripp Island
1-unit, detached	92.7%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Daufuskie Island	Fripp Island
Poverty rate	2.5%	0.5%
Average household size	1.63	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	2003	1993