Atlantic Beach vs Homewood

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

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

Homewood has the higher population (1,390 vs 283 in Atlantic Beach). Homewood has the higher median household income ($44,466 vs $40,000 in Atlantic Beach). Atlantic Beach has the higher median home value ($342,100 vs $183,300 in Homewood).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Homewood
Population	283	1,390
Median age	42.2 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$44,466
Median home value	$342,100	$183,300
Median gross rent	$982	$779
Housing units	283	640
Homeownership rate	29.3%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Homewood
Population	220 → 283 (+28.6%)	1,642 → 1,390 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $40,000 (-6.4%)	$35,593 → $44,466 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$189,300 → $342,100 (+80.7%)	$155,000 → $183,300 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $982 (+19.5%)	$719 → $779 (+8.3%)

Atlantic Beach

Population

220283

Median household income

$42,750$40,000

Median home value

$189,300$342,100

Median gross rent

$822$982

Homewood

Population

1,6421,390

Median household income

$35,593$44,466

Median home value

$155,000$183,300

Median gross rent

$719$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Homewood
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	1.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	21.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	26.5%	22.7%
55 to 64	3.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	19.9%
75 and over	7.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Homewood
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	53.2%
Black or African American	64.7%	32.2%
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%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Homewood
No high school diploma	7.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	32.3%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Homewood
Drove alone	70.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.6%
Public transit	7.0%	1.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Homewood
1-unit, detached	44.5%	67.2%
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%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Homewood
Poverty rate	35.3%	28.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1971	2000