Georgetown vs Pawleys Island

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

Georgetown 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.

Georgetown has the higher population (8,511 vs 116 in Pawleys Island). Pawleys Island has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $57,704 in Georgetown). Pawleys Island has the higher median home value ($1,538,500 vs $158,600 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Pawleys Island
Population	8,511	116
Median age	49.2 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,704	$118,750
Median home value	$158,600	$1,538,500
Median gross rent	$805	—
Housing units	4,596	557
Homeownership rate	71.0%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	81.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Pawleys Island
Population	8,866 → 8,511 (-4.0%)	89 → 116 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$32,593 → $57,704 (+77.0%)	$136,250 → $118,750 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$163,300 → $158,600 (-2.9%)	$916,700 → $1,538,500 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $805 (+9.5%)	$1,150 → $1,208 (+5.0%)

Georgetown

Population

8,8668,511

Median household income

$32,593$57,704

Median home value

$163,300$158,600

Median gross rent

$735$805

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)

	Georgetown	Pawleys Island
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	1.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	18.9%	55.2%
75 and over	10.0%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Pawleys Island
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	45.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Pawleys Island
No high school diploma	8.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	3.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	44.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Pawleys Island
Drove alone	74.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	14.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	25.6%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Pawleys Island
1-unit, detached	63.1%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	11.7%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Pawleys Island
Poverty rate	15.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.16	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1976	1974