Awendaw vs Seabrook Island

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

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

Seabrook Island has the higher population (2,107 vs 1,574 in Awendaw). Seabrook Island has the higher median household income ($124,519 vs $70,781 in Awendaw). Seabrook Island has the higher median home value ($899,600 vs $387,500 in Awendaw).

Population, income & housing

	Awendaw	Seabrook Island
Population	1,574	2,107
Median age	57.6 yrs	68.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,781	$124,519
Median home value	$387,500	$899,600
Median gross rent	$2,792	$3,501
Housing units	791	2,522
Homeownership rate	92.7%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	82.1%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Awendaw	Seabrook Island
Population	1,384 → 1,574 (+13.7%)	1,762 → 2,107 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$56,316 → $70,781 (+25.7%)	$108,875 → $124,519 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $387,500 (+108.7%)	$606,400 → $899,600 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $2,792 (+162.7%)	$3,281 → $3,501 (+6.7%)

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

Seabrook Island

Population

1,7622,107

Median household income

$108,875$124,519

Median home value

$606,400$899,600

Median gross rent

$3,281$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Awendaw	Seabrook Island
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	0.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	0.1%
25 to 34	4.6%	0.9%
35 to 44	6.7%	2.8%
45 to 54	19.2%	3.7%
55 to 64	19.0%	28.4%
65 to 74	22.9%	41.4%
75 and over	10.0%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Awendaw	Seabrook Island
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	96.5%
Black or African American	46.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Awendaw	Seabrook Island
No high school diploma	11.6%	0.4%
High school graduate	24.4%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	41.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Awendaw	Seabrook Island
Drove alone	76.6%	48.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.0%	44.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Awendaw	Seabrook Island
1-unit, detached	80.8%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Awendaw	Seabrook Island
Poverty rate	15.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.25	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1999	1987