Andrews vs Pawleys Island

A side-by-side comparison of Andrews and Pawleys Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Andrews has the higher population (2,558 vs 116 in Pawleys Island). Pawleys Island has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $53,611 in Andrews). Pawleys Island has the higher median home value ($1,538,500 vs $111,400 in Andrews).

Population, income & housing

	Andrews	Pawleys Island
Population	2,558	116
Median age	33.9 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,611	$118,750
Median home value	$111,400	$1,538,500
Median gross rent	$1,012	—
Housing units	1,074	557
Homeownership rate	57.3%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	81.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andrews	Pawleys Island
Population	2,964 → 2,558 (-13.7%)	89 → 116 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $53,611 (+61.8%)	$136,250 → $118,750 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $111,400 (+35.2%)	$916,700 → $1,538,500 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $1,012 (+48.2%)	$1,150 → $1,208 (+5.0%)

Andrews

Population

2,9642,558

Median household income

$33,125$53,611

Median home value

$82,400$111,400

Median gross rent

$683$1,012

Pawleys Island

Population

89116

Median household income

$136,250$118,750

Median home value

$916,700$1,538,500

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andrews	Pawleys Island
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	1.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	6.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	55.2%
75 and over	2.6%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andrews	Pawleys Island
White (non-Hispanic)	41.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	56.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andrews	Pawleys Island
No high school diploma	10.6%	0.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	3.5%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	44.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andrews	Pawleys Island
Drove alone	94.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	25.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andrews	Pawleys Island
1-unit, detached	75.6%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Andrews	Pawleys Island
Poverty rate	30.2%	5.2%
Average household size	2.80	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	49	15
Median year structure built	1981	1974