Daufuskie Island vs Sheldon

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

Daufuskie Island and Sheldon 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 536 in Sheldon). Daufuskie Island has the higher median household income ($153,821 vs $30,239 in Sheldon). Since 2019, Daufuskie Island's population has grown faster (+31.1% vs +7.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Daufuskie Island	Sheldon
Population	636	536
Median age	57.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$153,821	$30,239
Housing units	763	345
Homeownership rate	97.9%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.9%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daufuskie Island	Sheldon
Population	485 → 636 (+31.1%)	501 → 536 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$129,667 → $153,821 (+18.6%)	$27,067 → $30,239 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$634,900 → $290,400 (-54.3%)	$47,900 → $62,700 (+30.9%)

Daufuskie Island

Population

485636

Median household income

$129,667$153,821

Median home value

$634,900$290,400

Sheldon

Population

501536

Median household income

$27,067$30,239

Median home value

$47,900$62,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Sheldon
Under 5	0.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	7.4%	6.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.4%
25 to 34	3.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	2.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	45.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	21.9%	18.7%
75 and over	8.8%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	21.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	75.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daufuskie Island	Sheldon
No high school diploma	1.2%	13.4%
High school graduate	5.3%	59.6%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	60.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Sheldon
Drove alone	16.2%	67.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.0%
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%	13.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daufuskie Island	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	92.7%	33.3%
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%	66.7%

Poverty & households

	Daufuskie Island	Sheldon
Poverty rate	2.5%	14.4%
Average household size	1.63	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2003	1992