Fripp Island vs Seabrook

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

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

Seabrook has the higher population (959 vs 753 in Fripp Island). Fripp Island has the higher median household income ($101,731 vs $62,941 in Seabrook). Fripp Island has the higher median home value ($605,800 vs $27,200 in Seabrook).

Population, income & housing

	Fripp Island	Seabrook
Population	753	959
Median age	65.8 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,731	$62,941
Median home value	$605,800	$27,200
Housing units	1,560	494
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fripp Island	Seabrook
Population	848 → 753 (-11.2%)	1,456 → 959 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$95,795 → $101,731 (+6.2%)	$44,615 → $62,941 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$520,300 → $605,800 (+16.4%)	—

Fripp Island

Population

848753

Median household income

$95,795$101,731

Median home value

$520,300$605,800

Seabrook

Population

1,456959

Median household income

$44,615$62,941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fripp Island	Seabrook
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	14.6%
25 to 34	0.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	4.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	34.5%	23.5%
65 to 74	38.0%	12.5%
75 and over	18.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fripp Island	Seabrook
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	16.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	52.8%
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%	31.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fripp Island	Seabrook
No high school diploma	0.6%	20.9%
High school graduate	15.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fripp Island	Seabrook
Drove alone	71.8%	88.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	11.9%
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	Seabrook
1-unit, detached	80.7%	40.9%
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%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Fripp Island	Seabrook
Poverty rate	0.5%	18.0%
Average household size	1.74	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1993	1990