Awendaw vs Ravenel

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

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

Ravenel has the higher population (2,594 vs 1,574 in Awendaw). Ravenel has the higher median household income ($72,365 vs $70,781 in Awendaw). Awendaw has the higher median home value ($387,500 vs $230,100 in Ravenel).

Population, income & housing

	Awendaw	Ravenel
Population	1,574	2,594
Median age	57.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,781	$72,365
Median home value	$387,500	$230,100
Median gross rent	$2,792	$1,104
Housing units	791	1,122
Homeownership rate	92.7%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Awendaw	Ravenel
Population	1,384 → 1,574 (+13.7%)	2,691 → 2,594 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$56,316 → $70,781 (+25.7%)	$56,250 → $72,365 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $387,500 (+108.7%)	$203,200 → $230,100 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $2,792 (+162.7%)	$820 → $1,104 (+34.6%)

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

Ravenel

Population

2,6912,594

Median household income

$56,250$72,365

Median home value

$203,200$230,100

Median gross rent

$820$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Awendaw	Ravenel
Under 5	2.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	8.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	4.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	6.7%	21.0%
45 to 54	19.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	19.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	22.9%	11.4%
75 and over	10.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Awendaw	Ravenel
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	36.9%
Black or African American	46.5%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Awendaw	Ravenel
No high school diploma	11.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Awendaw	Ravenel
Drove alone	76.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	18.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Awendaw	Ravenel
1-unit, detached	80.8%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	36.5%

Poverty & households

	Awendaw	Ravenel
Poverty rate	15.9%	18.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1999	1992