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Awendaw, SC

1,548 Population
17.3 square miles 89.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.8 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$40,491 ±$6,746 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $44,457 ±$821
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $36,072 ±$266
$63,533 ±$15,035 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $77,460 ±$1,291
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $63,623 ±$486

15.9% ±13.6% (246  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 11.9% 93,435 (±0.6% / ±4,877)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.4% 717,849 (±0.2% / ±11,836)

31 minutes ±14.4 (17,750  ±5,727) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.1 9,711,435 (±0.3 / ±155,082)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)

Families

721 ±183 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 318,484 ±1,839
  • South Carolina: 2,023,085 ±5,487
2.2 ±0.2 (1,548  ±418) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.5 786,650 (±0 / ±201)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,004,353

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

803 ±190 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 362,156 ±121
  • South Carolina: 2,362,253 ±501

$325,400 ±$108,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $317,300 ±$4,613
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $216,200 ±$1,122

10.1% ±5.5% (157  ±95.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 15% 119,539 (±0.6% / ±4,924.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 686,178 (±0.2% / ±10,988)

Social

85.4% ±31% (1,101  ±,235.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 91.7% 513,632 (±1.1% / ±6,267.7)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.3% 3,174,118 (±0.4% / ±15,315.5)
33.8% ±13.9% (435  ±,125.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 39% 218,369 (±0.7% / ±3,875.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 30.6% 1,088,770 (±0.3% / ±9,317.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.9% (14  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 5.6% 45,282
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 270,170

8.6% ±3.5% (121  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.6% 65,258 (±0.4% / ±2,268)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 349,900 (±0.1% / ±4,262)
121 Total veterans ±59 121 Male ±59 N/A Female ±14

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