Awendaw vs Sullivan's Island

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

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

Sullivan's Island has the higher population (2,127 vs 1,574 in Awendaw). Sullivan's Island has the higher median household income ($179,614 vs $70,781 in Awendaw). Sullivan's Island has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $387,500 in Awendaw).

Population, income & housing

	Awendaw	Sullivan's Island
Population	1,574	2,127
Median age	57.6 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,781	$179,614
Median home value	$387,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,792	$2,402
Housing units	791	1,078
Homeownership rate	92.7%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	87.2%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Awendaw	Sullivan's Island
Population	1,384 → 1,574 (+13.7%)	2,203 → 2,127 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$56,316 → $70,781 (+25.7%)	$136,528 → $179,614 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $387,500 (+108.7%)	$1,773,100 → $2,000,001 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $2,792 (+162.7%)	$2,167 → $2,402 (+10.8%)

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

Sullivan's Island

Population

2,2032,127

Median household income

$136,528$179,614

Median home value

$1,773,100$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,167$2,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Awendaw	Sullivan's Island
Under 5	2.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	4.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	6.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	19.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	19.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	22.9%	19.6%
75 and over	10.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Awendaw	Sullivan's Island
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	97.0%
Black or African American	46.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
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%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Awendaw	Sullivan's Island
No high school diploma	11.6%	0.1%
High school graduate	24.4%	2.0%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	45.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Awendaw	Sullivan's Island
Drove alone	76.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	15.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Awendaw	Sullivan's Island
1-unit, detached	80.8%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Awendaw	Sullivan's Island
Poverty rate	15.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1999	1984