Harbor Island vs Lobeco

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

Harbor 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.

Harbor Island has the higher population (310 vs 178 in Lobeco). Harbor Island has the higher median home value ($284,500 vs $104,500 in Lobeco). Since 2019, Harbor Island's population has grown faster (-1.9% vs -49.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Harbor Island	Lobeco
Population	310	178
Median age	69.5 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,250	—
Median home value	$284,500	$104,500
Housing units	478	51
Homeownership rate	84.2%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harbor Island	Lobeco
Population	316 → 310 (-1.9%)	349 → 178 (-49.0%)
Median household income	$85,881 → $100,250 (+16.7%)	—
Median home value	$404,400 → $284,500 (-29.6%)	$96,000 → $104,500 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,717 → $1,455 (-15.3%)	—

Harbor Island

Population

316310

Median household income

$85,881$100,250

Median home value

$404,400$284,500

Median gross rent

$1,717$1,455

Lobeco

Population

349178

Median home value

$96,000$104,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harbor Island	Lobeco
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	16.5%	27.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	49.4%
65 to 74	60.6%	0.0%
75 and over	11.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harbor Island	Lobeco
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	38.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.9%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harbor Island	Lobeco
No high school diploma	5.2%	13.0%
High school graduate	3.6%	76.3%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	42.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	38.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harbor Island	Lobeco
Drove alone	75.4%	39.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	60.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harbor Island	Lobeco
1-unit, detached	60.3%	11.8%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	88.2%

Poverty & households

	Harbor Island	Lobeco
Poverty rate	4.2%	38.2%
Average household size	2.12	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1995	2000