Cottageville vs Edisto Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Cottageville and Edisto Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottageville has the higher population (1,154 vs 987 in Edisto Beach). Edisto Beach has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $68,750 in Cottageville). Edisto Beach has the higher median home value ($610,500 vs $144,800 in Cottageville).

Population, income & housing

	Cottageville	Edisto Beach
Population	1,154	987
Median age	38.0 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$81,250
Median home value	$144,800	$610,500
Median gross rent	$915	$1,170
Housing units	413	2,219
Homeownership rate	79.5%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	55.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottageville	Edisto Beach
Population	885 → 1,154 (+30.4%)	604 → 987 (+63.4%)
Median household income	$49,904 → $68,750 (+37.8%)	$83,750 → $81,250 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $144,800 (+32.6%)	$394,900 → $610,500 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $915 (+12.3%)	$1,250 → $1,170 (-6.4%)

Cottageville

Population

8851,154

Median household income

$49,904$68,750

Median home value

$109,200$144,800

Median gross rent

$815$915

Edisto Beach

Population

604987

Median household income

$83,750$81,250

Median home value

$394,900$610,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottageville	Edisto Beach
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	0.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	2.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	27.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	35.4%
75 and over	6.9%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottageville	Edisto Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	97.4%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	8.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottageville	Edisto Beach
No high school diploma	17.2%	0.5%
High school graduate	37.3%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottageville	Edisto Beach
Drove alone	83.8%	60.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.8%	26.5%
Other means	0.8%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottageville	Edisto Beach
1-unit, detached	39.2%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	59.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottageville	Edisto Beach
Poverty rate	9.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.96	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	42	28
Median year structure built	1992	1990