Seabrook vs Sheldon

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

Seabrook and Sheldon 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 536 in Sheldon). Seabrook has the higher median household income ($62,941 vs $30,239 in Sheldon). Since 2019, Sheldon's population has grown faster (+7.0% vs -34.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Seabrook	Sheldon
Population	959	536
Median age	54.6 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,941	$30,239
Median home value	$27,200	—
Housing units	494	345
Homeownership rate	90.2%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seabrook	Sheldon
Population	1,456 → 959 (-34.1%)	501 → 536 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$44,615 → $62,941 (+41.1%)	$27,067 → $30,239 (+11.7%)
Median home value	—	$47,900 → $62,700 (+30.9%)

Seabrook

Population

1,456959

Median household income

$44,615$62,941

Sheldon

Population

501536

Median household income

$27,067$30,239

Median home value

$47,900$62,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seabrook	Sheldon
Under 5	3.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	7.5%	6.3%
18 to 24	14.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	6.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	4.9%
55 to 64	23.5%	20.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	18.7%
75 and over	9.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seabrook	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	21.1%
Black or African American	52.8%	75.7%
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	31.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seabrook	Sheldon
No high school diploma	20.9%	13.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	59.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seabrook	Sheldon
Drove alone	88.1%	67.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	13.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seabrook	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	40.9%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.1%	66.7%

Poverty & households

	Seabrook	Sheldon
Poverty rate	18.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.42	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1990	1992