Kiawah Island vs Ravenel

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

Kiawah Island 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 2,196 in Kiawah Island). Kiawah Island has the higher median household income ($236,607 vs $72,365 in Ravenel). Kiawah Island has the higher median home value ($1,723,200 vs $230,100 in Ravenel).

Population, income & housing

	Kiawah Island	Ravenel
Population	2,196	2,594
Median age	66.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$236,607	$72,365
Median home value	$1,723,200	$230,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,104
Housing units	3,896	1,122
Homeownership rate	98.1%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiawah Island	Ravenel
Population	1,676 → 2,196 (+31.0%)	2,691 → 2,594 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$193,750 → $236,607 (+22.1%)	$56,250 → $72,365 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$1,532,800 → $1,723,200 (+12.4%)	$203,200 → $230,100 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,056 → $2,750 (+33.8%)	$820 → $1,104 (+34.6%)

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

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)

	Kiawah Island	Ravenel
Under 5	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	1.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	1.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	0.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	1.5%	21.0%
45 to 54	3.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	36.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	36.7%	11.4%
75 and over	18.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiawah Island	Ravenel
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	36.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiawah Island	Ravenel
No high school diploma	1.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	2.1%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	50.2%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiawah Island	Ravenel
Drove alone	37.3%	74.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	18.3%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	48.9%	5.4%
Other means	8.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiawah Island	Ravenel
1-unit, detached	68.4%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	36.5%

Poverty & households

	Kiawah Island	Ravenel
Poverty rate	2.7%	18.8%
Average household size	1.93	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1989	1992