Port Royal vs Seabrook

A side-by-side comparison of Port Royal and Seabrook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Royal has the higher population (15,047 vs 959 in Seabrook). Port Royal has the higher median household income ($70,330 vs $62,941 in Seabrook). Port Royal has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $27,200 in Seabrook).

Population, income & housing

	Port Royal	Seabrook
Population	15,047	959
Median age	25.8 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,330	$62,941
Median home value	$298,000	$27,200
Median gross rent	$1,606	—
Housing units	5,080	494
Homeownership rate	38.9%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Royal	Seabrook
Population	12,770 → 15,047 (+17.8%)	1,456 → 959 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$49,797 → $70,330 (+41.2%)	$44,615 → $62,941 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$233,300 → $298,000 (+27.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,220 → $1,606 (+31.6%)	—

Port Royal

Population

12,77015,047

Median household income

$49,797$70,330

Median home value

$233,300$298,000

Median gross rent

$1,220$1,606

Seabrook

Population

1,456959

Median household income

$44,615$62,941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Royal	Seabrook
Under 5	6.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.2%	7.5%
18 to 24	30.6%	14.6%
25 to 34	17.8%	6.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	6.9%	23.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.5%
75 and over	3.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Royal	Seabrook
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	16.1%
Black or African American	17.4%	52.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	31.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Royal	Seabrook
No high school diploma	5.0%	20.9%
High school graduate	19.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Royal	Seabrook
Drove alone	66.4%	88.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Royal	Seabrook
1-unit, detached	41.3%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Port Royal	Seabrook
Poverty rate	10.6%	18.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	2008	1990