Seabrook vs Shell Point

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

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

Shell Point has the higher population (2,005 vs 959 in Seabrook). Shell Point has the higher median household income ($65,840 vs $62,941 in Seabrook). Shell Point has the higher median home value ($233,600 vs $27,200 in Seabrook).

Population, income & housing

	Seabrook	Shell Point
Population	959	2,005
Median age	54.6 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,941	$65,840
Median home value	$27,200	$233,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,185
Housing units	494	892
Homeownership rate	90.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seabrook	Shell Point
Population	1,456 → 959 (-34.1%)	2,842 → 2,005 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$44,615 → $62,941 (+41.1%)	$64,928 → $65,840 (+1.4%)
Median home value	—	$176,700 → $233,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$931 → $1,185 (+27.3%)

Seabrook

Population

1,456959

Median household income

$44,615$62,941

Shell Point

Population

2,8422,005

Median household income

$64,928$65,840

Median home value

$176,700$233,600

Median gross rent

$931$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seabrook	Shell Point
Under 5	3.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	7.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	14.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	23.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.4%
75 and over	9.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seabrook	Shell Point
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	80.7%
Black or African American	52.8%	13.1%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seabrook	Shell Point
No high school diploma	20.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seabrook	Shell Point
Drove alone	88.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seabrook	Shell Point
1-unit, detached	40.9%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	59.1%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Seabrook	Shell Point
Poverty rate	18.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1990	1988