Forestbrook vs Surfside Beach

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

Forestbrook 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.

Forestbrook has the higher population (7,450 vs 4,217 in Surfside Beach). Forestbrook has the higher median household income ($77,791 vs $74,202 in Surfside Beach). Surfside Beach has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $298,800 in Forestbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Forestbrook	Surfside Beach
Population	7,450	4,217
Median age	50.7 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,791	$74,202
Median home value	$298,800	$412,100
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,274
Housing units	3,213	4,272
Homeownership rate	88.8%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestbrook	Surfside Beach
Population	6,591 → 7,450 (+13.0%)	4,385 → 4,217 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$55,945 → $77,791 (+39.0%)	$55,099 → $74,202 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$194,700 → $298,800 (+53.5%)	$266,600 → $412,100 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,087 (+12.6%)	$1,040 → $1,274 (+22.5%)

Forestbrook

Population

6,5917,450

Median household income

$55,945$77,791

Median home value

$194,700$298,800

Median gross rent

$965$1,087

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)

	Forestbrook	Surfside Beach
Under 5	2.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.1%	4.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	22.0%
65 to 74	17.6%	18.7%
75 and over	10.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestbrook	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestbrook	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	22.4%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestbrook	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	83.4%	70.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.8%	13.5%
Other means	3.4%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestbrook	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	85.3%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Forestbrook	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	2003	1986