Homewood vs Surfside Beach

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

Homewood 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 1,390 in Homewood). Surfside Beach has the higher median household income ($74,202 vs $44,466 in Homewood). Surfside Beach has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $183,300 in Homewood).

Population, income & housing

	Homewood	Surfside Beach
Population	1,390	4,217
Median age	49.3 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,466	$74,202
Median home value	$183,300	$412,100
Median gross rent	$779	$1,274
Housing units	640	4,272
Homeownership rate	80.4%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homewood	Surfside Beach
Population	1,642 → 1,390 (-15.3%)	4,385 → 4,217 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$35,593 → $44,466 (+24.9%)	$55,099 → $74,202 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $183,300 (+18.3%)	$266,600 → $412,100 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $779 (+8.3%)	$1,040 → $1,274 (+22.5%)

Homewood

Population

1,6421,390

Median household income

$35,593$44,466

Median home value

$155,000$183,300

Median gross rent

$719$779

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)

	Homewood	Surfside Beach
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	4.6%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	22.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	22.0%
65 to 74	19.9%	18.7%
75 and over	9.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homewood	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	91.9%
Black or African American	32.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homewood	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	12.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	43.1%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homewood	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	77.0%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.3%	13.5%
Other means	4.2%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homewood	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	67.2%	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	32.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Homewood	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	28.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	2000	1986