Atlantic Beach vs Briarcliffe Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic Beach and Briarcliffe Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Briarcliffe Acres has the higher population (499 vs 283 in Atlantic Beach). Briarcliffe Acres has the higher median household income ($182,083 vs $40,000 in Atlantic Beach). Briarcliffe Acres has the higher median home value ($760,400 vs $342,100 in Atlantic Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Briarcliffe Acres
Population	283	499
Median age	42.2 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$182,083
Median home value	$342,100	$760,400
Median gross rent	$982	—
Housing units	283	223
Homeownership rate	29.3%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Briarcliffe Acres
Population	220 → 283 (+28.6%)	479 → 499 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $40,000 (-6.4%)	$130,625 → $182,083 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$189,300 → $342,100 (+80.7%)	$641,400 → $760,400 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $982 (+19.5%)	—

Atlantic Beach

Population

220283

Median household income

$42,750$40,000

Median home value

$189,300$342,100

Median gross rent

$822$982

Briarcliffe Acres

Population

479499

Median household income

$130,625$182,083

Median home value

$641,400$760,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Briarcliffe Acres
Under 5	2.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.9%	5.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	1.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	21.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	26.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	3.2%	20.8%
65 to 74	6.0%	24.2%
75 and over	7.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Briarcliffe Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	64.7%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Briarcliffe Acres
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Briarcliffe Acres
Drove alone	70.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.8%
Public transit	7.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	4.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Briarcliffe Acres
1-unit, detached	44.5%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	32.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Briarcliffe Acres
Poverty rate	35.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1971	1977