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Daufuskie Island, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Daufuskie Island is a Census CDP of 619 people across 9.81 square miles of land, in Beaufort County. Median household income is $156,090, 98.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $420,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Daufuskie Island
What Daufuskie Island is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area9.81 sq mi
- Water area5.94 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land63 plus or minus 23
- County holding the largest share of its areaBeaufort County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Daufuskie Island
- Population619 plus or minus 223
- Median age59.5
- Population under 1830 plus or minus 26
- Share under 184.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Population 65 and over182 plus or minus 53
- Share 65 and over29.4 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Households357 plus or minus 211
- Family households343 plus or minus 211
- Share of households that are families96.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Daufuskie Island
- Median household income$156,090
- Per capita income$86,556 plus or minus $18,608
- Civilian labor force326 plus or minus 217
- Employed315 plus or minus 215
- Unemployed11 plus or minus 15
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over589 plus or minus 220
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher79.6 percent plus or minus 26.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree30.9 percent plus or minus 10.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Daufuskie Island
- Housing units648 plus or minus 220
- Occupied units357 plus or minus 211
- Vacant units291 plus or minus 90
- Vacancy rate44.9 percent plus or minus 20.6
- Owner occupied352 plus or minus 212
- Renter occupied5 plus or minus 7
- Ownership rate98.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$576,400 plus or minus $516,825
- Single family units645 plus or minus 214
- Share single family99.5 percent plus or minus 47.2
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built2005
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Daufuskie Island gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute246 plus or minus 215
- Commuting under 15 minutes34 plus or minus 34
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.8 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more48 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.5 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Drove alone20.9 percent plus or minus 20.2
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport47.4 percent plus or minus 61.7
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home19.6 percent plus or minus 17.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Daufuskie Island
SBA loans in Daufuskie Island (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$420,000
- Average approval$140,000
- Median approval$195,000
- Largest approval$200,000
- Jobs supported17
- Jobs per approval5.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises66.7 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Daufuskie Island, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Beaufort County, not Daufuskie Island
Beaufort County context, not Daufuskie Island figures
- Establishments in Beaufort County6,087
- Covered employment, Beaufort County71,044
- Average annual pay, Beaufort County$54,768
- Housing units permitted, Beaufort County1,638
Every figure in this section is published for Beaufort County as a whole and is not a measurement of Daufuskie Island.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Daufuskie Island questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Daufuskie Island, South Carolina?
619, in 357 households. Daufuskie Island CDP covers 9.81 square miles of land, which is 63 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Daufuskie Island in?
Beaufort County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Daufuskie Island?
$156,090. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $576,400. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Daufuskie Island businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totaling $420,000 since FY2020, across 2 lenders, median approval $195,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Daufuskie Island, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Daufuskie Island borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Daufuskie Island. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Daufuskie Island figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Beaufort County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Daufuskie Island.
Is zoning published for Daufuskie Island?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.