Edisto Beach vs Walterboro

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

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

Walterboro has the higher population (5,490 vs 987 in Edisto Beach). Edisto Beach has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $48,366 in Walterboro). Edisto Beach has the higher median home value ($610,500 vs $170,500 in Walterboro).

Population, income & housing

	Edisto Beach	Walterboro
Population	987	5,490
Median age	64.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$48,366
Median home value	$610,500	$170,500
Median gross rent	$1,170	$865
Housing units	2,219	2,621
Homeownership rate	88.3%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edisto Beach	Walterboro
Population	604 → 987 (+63.4%)	5,477 → 5,490 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $81,250 (-3.0%)	$32,900 → $48,366 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$394,900 → $610,500 (+54.6%)	$107,600 → $170,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,170 (-6.4%)	$593 → $865 (+45.9%)

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

Walterboro

Population

5,4775,490

Median household income

$32,900$48,366

Median home value

$107,600$170,500

Median gross rent

$593$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edisto Beach	Walterboro
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	0.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	2.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	27.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	35.4%	11.5%
75 and over	13.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edisto Beach	Walterboro
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	39.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	48.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edisto Beach	Walterboro
No high school diploma	0.5%	19.2%
High school graduate	11.1%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edisto Beach	Walterboro
Drove alone	60.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	10.1%
Other means	6.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edisto Beach	Walterboro
1-unit, detached	73.2%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	14.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Edisto Beach	Walterboro
Poverty rate	3.5%	30.7%
Average household size	1.76	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1990	1974