Laurel Bay vs Seabrook

A side-by-side comparison of Laurel Bay and Seabrook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurel Bay has the higher population (5,627 vs 959 in Seabrook). Seabrook has the higher median household income ($62,941 vs $52,094 in Laurel Bay). Laurel Bay has the higher median home value ($221,300 vs $27,200 in Seabrook).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel Bay	Seabrook
Population	5,627	959
Median age	23.3 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,094	$62,941
Median home value	$221,300	$27,200
Median gross rent	$1,375	—
Housing units	2,193	494
Homeownership rate	24.2%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel Bay	Seabrook
Population	6,124 → 5,627 (-8.1%)	1,456 → 959 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $52,094 (+9.3%)	$44,615 → $62,941 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$146,100 → $221,300 (+51.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,375 (+16.2%)	—

Laurel Bay

Population

6,1245,627

Median household income

$47,656$52,094

Median home value

$146,100$221,300

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,375

Seabrook

Population

1,456959

Median household income

$44,615$62,941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel Bay	Seabrook
Under 5	11.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	7.5%
18 to 24	23.6%	14.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	23.5%
65 to 74	1.9%	12.5%
75 and over	2.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel Bay	Seabrook
White (non-Hispanic)	44.4%	16.1%
Black or African American	37.9%	52.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	31.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel Bay	Seabrook
No high school diploma	11.8%	20.9%
High school graduate	25.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel Bay	Seabrook
Drove alone	78.7%	88.1%
Carpooled	19.2%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel Bay	Seabrook
1-unit, detached	64.4%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Laurel Bay	Seabrook
Poverty rate	17.9%	18.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1992	1990