Awendaw vs Meggett

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

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

Awendaw has the higher population (1,574 vs 1,274 in Meggett). Meggett has the higher median household income ($96,032 vs $70,781 in Awendaw). Meggett has the higher median home value ($594,800 vs $387,500 in Awendaw).

Population, income & housing

	Awendaw	Meggett
Population	1,574	1,274
Median age	57.6 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,781	$96,032
Median home value	$387,500	$594,800
Median gross rent	$2,792	—
Housing units	791	718
Homeownership rate	92.7%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Awendaw	Meggett
Population	1,384 → 1,574 (+13.7%)	1,034 → 1,274 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$56,316 → $70,781 (+25.7%)	$56,250 → $96,032 (+70.7%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $387,500 (+108.7%)	$344,600 → $594,800 (+72.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $2,792 (+162.7%)	—

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

Meggett

Population

1,0341,274

Median household income

$56,250$96,032

Median home value

$344,600$594,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Awendaw	Meggett
Under 5	2.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	4.6%	2.6%
35 to 44	6.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	19.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	19.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	22.9%	14.8%
75 and over	10.0%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Awendaw	Meggett
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	88.6%
Black or African American	46.5%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Awendaw	Meggett
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	24.4%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Awendaw	Meggett
Drove alone	76.6%	72.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	17.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Awendaw	Meggett
1-unit, detached	80.8%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	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	18.0%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Awendaw	Meggett
Poverty rate	15.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1999	1990