Dunbar vs Pawleys Island

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

Dunbar 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.

Dunbar has the higher population (750 vs 116 in Pawleys Island). Pawleys Island has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $88,250 in Dunbar). Since 2019, Pawleys Island's population has grown faster (+30.3% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Pawleys Island
Population	750	116
Median age	30.0 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,250	$118,750
Median home value	—	$1,538,500
Housing units	188	557
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	81.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Pawleys Island
Population	1,058 → 750 (-29.1%)	89 → 116 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $88,250 (+102.9%)	$136,250 → $118,750 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $95,600 (-4.2%)	$916,700 → $1,538,500 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,150 → $1,208 (+5.0%)

Dunbar

Population

1,058750

Median household income

$43,500$88,250

Median home value

$99,800$95,600

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)

	Dunbar	Pawleys Island
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	36.9%	1.7%
18 to 24	2.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	25.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	4.8%	18.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	55.2%
75 and over	0.9%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Pawleys Island
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	97.2%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Pawleys Island
No high school diploma	14.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	47.4%	3.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	44.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Pawleys Island
Drove alone	84.3%	74.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	25.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Pawleys Island
1-unit, detached	71.8%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Pawleys Island
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.2%
Average household size	7.81	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1987	1974