Daufuskie Island vs Lobeco

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

Daufuskie Island and Lobeco 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 178 in Lobeco). Since 2019, Daufuskie Island's population has grown faster (+31.1% vs -49.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Daufuskie Island	Lobeco
Population	636	178
Median age	57.7 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$153,821	—
Median home value	—	$104,500
Housing units	763	51
Homeownership rate	97.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daufuskie Island	Lobeco
Population	485 → 636 (+31.1%)	349 → 178 (-49.0%)
Median household income	$129,667 → $153,821 (+18.6%)	—
Median home value	$634,900 → $290,400 (-54.3%)	$96,000 → $104,500 (+8.9%)

Daufuskie Island

Population

485636

Median household income

$129,667$153,821

Median home value

$634,900$290,400

Lobeco

Population

349178

Median home value

$96,000$104,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Lobeco
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	3.6%	5.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	2.7%	27.5%
55 to 64	45.0%	49.4%
65 to 74	21.9%	0.0%
75 and over	8.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Lobeco
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	38.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	53.4%
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	0.0%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daufuskie Island	Lobeco
No high school diploma	1.2%	13.0%
High school graduate	5.3%	76.3%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	60.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Lobeco
Drove alone	16.2%	39.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	60.2%
Public transit	58.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	0.0%
Other means	9.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Lobeco
1-unit, detached	92.7%	11.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
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	3.8%	88.2%

Poverty & households

	Daufuskie Island	Lobeco
Poverty rate	2.5%	38.2%
Average household size	1.63	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2003	2000