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Awendaw town, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Awendaw town is a Census town of 1,772 people across 17.35 square miles of land, in Charleston County. Median household income is $77,010, 93.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $775,000.
74 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Awendaw
What Awendaw is
- Census place typetown
- Land area17.35 sq mi
- Water area0.25 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land102 plus or minus 31
- County holding the largest share of its areaCharleston 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.
Awendaw
How many people live in Awendaw
- Population1,772 plus or minus 538
- Median age54.5
- Population under 18181 plus or minus 72
- Share under 1810.2 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Population 65 and over512 plus or minus 186
- Share 65 and over28.9 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Households746 plus or minus 199
- Family households543 plus or minus 159
- Share of households that are families72.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Awendaw
Income and work in Awendaw
- Median household income$77,010 plus or minus $18,859
- Per capita income$51,654 plus or minus $10,758
- Civilian labor force925 plus or minus 338
- Employed843 plus or minus 310
- Unemployed82 plus or minus 112
- Unemployment rate8.9 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Adults 25 and over1,432 plus or minus 418
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.3 percent plus or minus 34.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher43.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.2 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Awendaw
Housing in Awendaw
- Housing units818 plus or minus 198
- Occupied units746 plus or minus 199
- Vacant units72 plus or minus 43
- Vacancy rate8.8 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Owner occupied699 plus or minus 201
- Renter occupied47 plus or minus 32
- Ownership rate93.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$399,200 plus or minus $149,748
- Single family units686 plus or minus 178
- Share single family83.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes124 plus or minus 63
- Median year structure built2001
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Awendaw
How Awendaw gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute747 plus or minus 286
- Commuting under 15 minutes21 plus or minus 28
- Share commuting under 15 minutes2.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more524 plus or minus 239
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more70.1 percent plus or minus 17.5
- Drove alone81.9 percent
- Carpooled4.3 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home11.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Awendaw
SBA loans in Awendaw (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$775,000
- Average approval$155,000
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$300,000
- Largest approval$300,000
- Jobs supported15
- Jobs per approval3.0
- 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 franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Awendaw
SBA loans in Awendaw (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$213,000
- Average approval$213,000
- Median approval$213,000
- Largest approval$213,000
- Jobs supported5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Charleston County, not Awendaw
Charleston County context, not Awendaw figures
These are Charleston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Awendaw measurements.
- Establishments in Charleston County15,801
- Employment at those establishments, Charleston County226,330
- Covered employment, Charleston County278,476
- Average annual pay, Charleston County$68,271
- Average weekly wage, Charleston County$1,313
- Housing units permitted, Charleston County4,153
- Of those, single family, Charleston County3,052
- County product, 2024, Charleston County$50,461,876,000
- County product change over the prior year, Charleston County7.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Charleston County$117,050
Every figure in this section is published for Charleston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Awendaw. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Awendaw questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Awendaw, South Carolina?
1,772, in 746 households. Awendaw town covers 17.35 square miles of land, which is 102 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Awendaw in?
Charleston 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 Awendaw?
$77,010. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $399,200. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Awendaw businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $775,000, across 4 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $213,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Awendaw, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Awendaw borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Awendaw. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Awendaw figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Charleston 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 Awendaw.
Is zoning published for Awendaw?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.