Atlantic Beach vs Finklea

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

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

Finklea has the higher population (404 vs 283 in Atlantic Beach). Since 2019, Atlantic Beach's population has grown faster (+28.6% vs -5.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Finklea
Population	283	404
Median age	42.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	—
Median home value	$342,100	—
Median gross rent	$982	—
Housing units	283	150
Homeownership rate	29.3%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	37.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Finklea
Population	220 → 283 (+28.6%)	426 → 404 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $40,000 (-6.4%)	$56,302 → $48,878 (-13.2%)
Median home value	$189,300 → $342,100 (+80.7%)	$95,500 → $113,500 (+18.8%)
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

Finklea

Population

426404

Median household income

$56,302$48,878

Median home value

$95,500$113,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Finklea
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	21.2%	17.6%
45 to 54	26.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	3.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	16.3%
75 and over	7.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Finklea
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	14.6%
Black or African American	64.7%	85.4%
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	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Finklea
No high school diploma	7.5%	8.9%
High school graduate	32.3%	68.6%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Finklea
Drove alone	70.4%	71.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	7.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	28.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Finklea
1-unit, detached	44.5%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	32.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	42.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Finklea
Poverty rate	35.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1971	1976