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Awendaw, SC

1,574 Population
17.3 square miles 90.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.6 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,754 ±$9,749 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $46,863 ±$1,044
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$70,781 ±$11,120 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $82,272 ±$1,253
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

15.9% ±14.4% (250  ±240) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 11.2% 89,836 (±0.6% / ±4,555)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

29.8 minutes ±16.5 (16,260  ±6,107) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.4 9,777,660 (±0.3 / ±151,882)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

701 ±194 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 327,420 ±2,029
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.3 ±0.3 (1,574  ±494) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.5 801,368 (±0 / ±193)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

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

Housing

791 ±195 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 370,246 ±285
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$387,500 ±$123,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $345,400 ±$3,597
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

7.7% ±5.1% (121  ±88.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 14.9% 120,035 (±0.6% / ±4,919.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

88.4% ±34.8% (1,147  ±,254.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 91.9% 524,563 (±1.1% / ±6,507.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
38.6% ±16.6% (500  ±,141.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 40% 227,969 (±0.7% / ±4,135.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

0.6% ±0.7% (10  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 6.4% 51,925
  • about 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

9.4% ±3.9% (133  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.2% 64,226 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
133 Total veterans ±70 133 Male ±70 N/A Female ±14

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