Fripp Island vs Lobeco

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

Fripp 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.

Fripp Island has the higher population (753 vs 178 in Lobeco). Fripp Island has the higher median home value ($605,800 vs $104,500 in Lobeco). Since 2019, Fripp Island's population has grown faster (-11.2% vs -49.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fripp Island	Lobeco
Population	753	178
Median age	65.8 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,731	—
Median home value	$605,800	$104,500
Housing units	1,560	51
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fripp Island	Lobeco
Population	848 → 753 (-11.2%)	349 → 178 (-49.0%)
Median household income	$95,795 → $101,731 (+6.2%)	—
Median home value	$520,300 → $605,800 (+16.4%)	$96,000 → $104,500 (+8.9%)

Fripp Island

Population

848753

Median household income

$95,795$101,731

Median home value

$520,300$605,800

Lobeco

Population

349178

Median home value

$96,000$104,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fripp Island	Lobeco
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	4.0%	27.5%
55 to 64	34.5%	49.4%
65 to 74	38.0%	0.0%
75 and over	18.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fripp Island	Lobeco
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	38.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	53.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fripp Island	Lobeco
No high school diploma	0.6%	13.0%
High school graduate	15.5%	76.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fripp Island	Lobeco
Drove alone	71.8%	39.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	60.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fripp Island	Lobeco
1-unit, detached	80.7%	11.8%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	88.2%

Poverty & households

	Fripp Island	Lobeco
Poverty rate	0.5%	38.2%
Average household size	1.74	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1993	2000