Litchfield Beach vs Pawleys Island

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

Litchfield Beach 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.

Litchfield Beach has the higher population (9,544 vs 116 in Pawleys Island). Pawleys Island has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $74,451 in Litchfield Beach). Pawleys Island has the higher median home value ($1,538,500 vs $409,100 in Litchfield Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield Beach	Pawleys Island
Population	9,544	116
Median age	62.7 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,451	$118,750
Median home value	$409,100	$1,538,500
Median gross rent	$1,623	—
Housing units	6,991	557
Homeownership rate	82.5%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	81.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield Beach	Pawleys Island
Population	8,702 → 9,544 (+9.7%)	89 → 116 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$63,911 → $74,451 (+16.5%)	$136,250 → $118,750 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$336,500 → $409,100 (+21.6%)	$916,700 → $1,538,500 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,623 (+39.9%)	$1,150 → $1,208 (+5.0%)

Litchfield Beach

Population

8,7029,544

Median household income

$63,911$74,451

Median home value

$336,500$409,100

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,623

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)

	Litchfield Beach	Pawleys Island
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	1.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	25.1%	55.2%
75 and over	18.5%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield Beach	Pawleys Island
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	7.5%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield Beach	Pawleys Island
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.9%
High school graduate	17.4%	3.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	44.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield Beach	Pawleys Island
Drove alone	69.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	25.6%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield Beach	Pawleys Island
1-unit, detached	59.8%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	11.7%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield Beach	Pawleys Island
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.17	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1997	1974