Aynor vs Surfside Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Aynor and Surfside Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Surfside Beach has the higher population (4,217 vs 1,077 in Aynor). Surfside Beach has the higher median household income ($74,202 vs $70,972 in Aynor). Surfside Beach has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $236,000 in Aynor).

Population, income & housing

	Aynor	Surfside Beach
Population	1,077	4,217
Median age	38.3 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,972	$74,202
Median home value	$236,000	$412,100
Median gross rent	$1,059	$1,274
Housing units	421	4,272
Homeownership rate	70.2%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aynor	Surfside Beach
Population	821 → 1,077 (+31.2%)	4,385 → 4,217 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$59,583 → $70,972 (+19.1%)	$55,099 → $74,202 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $236,000 (+41.0%)	$266,600 → $412,100 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $1,059 (+48.3%)	$1,040 → $1,274 (+22.5%)

Aynor

Population

8211,077

Median household income

$59,583$70,972

Median home value

$167,400$236,000

Median gross rent

$714$1,059

Surfside Beach

Population

4,3854,217

Median household income

$55,099$74,202

Median home value

$266,600$412,100

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,274

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aynor	Surfside Beach
Under 5	3.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	4.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.8%	22.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	18.7%
75 and over	5.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aynor	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	11.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aynor	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	7.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aynor	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	85.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.9%	13.5%
Other means	0.4%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aynor	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	82.7%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Aynor	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1990	1986