Awendaw vs Kiawah Island

A side-by-side comparison of Awendaw and Kiawah Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kiawah Island has the higher population (2,196 vs 1,574 in Awendaw). Kiawah Island has the higher median household income ($236,607 vs $70,781 in Awendaw). Kiawah Island has the higher median home value ($1,723,200 vs $387,500 in Awendaw).

Population, income & housing

	Awendaw	Kiawah Island
Population	1,574	2,196
Median age	57.6 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,781	$236,607
Median home value	$387,500	$1,723,200
Median gross rent	$2,792	—
Housing units	791	3,896
Homeownership rate	92.7%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	86.5%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Awendaw	Kiawah Island
Population	1,384 → 1,574 (+13.7%)	1,676 → 2,196 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$56,316 → $70,781 (+25.7%)	$193,750 → $236,607 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $387,500 (+108.7%)	$1,532,800 → $1,723,200 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $2,792 (+162.7%)	$2,056 → $2,750 (+33.8%)

Awendaw

Population

1,3841,574

Median household income

$56,316$70,781

Median home value

$185,700$387,500

Median gross rent

$1,063$2,792

Kiawah Island

Population

1,6762,196

Median household income

$193,750$236,607

Median home value

$1,532,800$1,723,200

Median gross rent

$2,056$2,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Awendaw	Kiawah Island
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	1.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	1.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	0.8%
35 to 44	6.7%	1.5%
45 to 54	19.2%	3.1%
55 to 64	19.0%	36.7%
65 to 74	22.9%	36.7%
75 and over	10.0%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Awendaw	Kiawah Island
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	98.1%
Black or African American	46.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Awendaw	Kiawah Island
No high school diploma	11.6%	1.0%
High school graduate	24.4%	2.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	50.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Awendaw	Kiawah Island
Drove alone	76.6%	37.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	1.5%
Public transit	0.6%	3.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	48.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Awendaw	Kiawah Island
1-unit, detached	80.8%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Awendaw	Kiawah Island
Poverty rate	15.9%	2.7%
Average household size	2.25	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1999	1989