Atlantic Beach vs Live Oak

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

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

Atlantic Beach has the higher population (283 vs 21 in Live Oak). Since 2019, Atlantic Beach's population has grown faster (+28.6% vs -68.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Live Oak
Population	283	21
Median age	42.2 yrs	—
Median household income	$40,000	—
Median home value	$342,100	—
Median gross rent	$982	—
Housing units	283	75
Homeownership rate	29.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Live Oak
Population	220 → 283 (+28.6%)	66 → 21 (-68.2%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $40,000 (-6.4%)	—
Median home value	$189,300 → $342,100 (+80.7%)	—
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

Live Oak

Population

6621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Live Oak
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	26.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	3.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	52.4%
75 and over	7.1%	47.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Live Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	64.7%	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	0.0%	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	Live Oak
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	100.0%
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	Live Oak
Drove alone	70.4%	—
Carpooled	7.0%	—
Public transit	7.0%	—
Walked	4.2%	—
Bicycle	4.9%	—
Worked from home	6.3%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Live Oak
1-unit, detached	44.5%	14.7%
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%	85.3%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Live Oak
Poverty rate	35.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.44	—
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1971	1994