Bucksport vs Surfside Beach

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

Bucksport 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 583 in Bucksport). Surfside Beach has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $180,200 in Bucksport). Since 2019, Surfside Beach's population has grown faster (-3.8% vs -20.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bucksport	Surfside Beach
Population	583	4,217
Median age	50.1 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$74,202
Median home value	$180,200	$412,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,274
Housing units	263	4,272
Homeownership rate	80.1%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucksport	Surfside Beach
Population	735 → 583 (-20.7%)	4,385 → 4,217 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$39,342 → $53,438 (+35.8%)	$55,099 → $74,202 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $180,200 (+84.6%)	$266,600 → $412,100 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,040 → $1,274 (+22.5%)

Bucksport

Population

735583

Median household income

$39,342$53,438

Median home value

$97,600$180,200

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)

	Bucksport	Surfside Beach
Under 5	12.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	5.3%	4.6%
18 to 24	23.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	25.0%	22.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	18.7%
75 and over	1.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucksport	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	82.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucksport	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	48.5%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucksport	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	89.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bucksport	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	41.4%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	58.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bucksport	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	13.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1996	1986