About Pawleys Island

Pawleys Island is a tiny coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 132 people and just one neighborhood, Pawleys Island is the 267th largest community in South Carolina.

Pawleys Island is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.41% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pawleys Island is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pawleys Island who work in management occupations (23.29%), sales jobs (19.18%), and healthcare (13.70%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Pawleys Island has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Pawleys Island is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Pawleys Island are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Pawleys Island is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Pawleys Island Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Pawleys Island. 54.69% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Pawleys Island in 2000 was $48,183, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $192,732 for a family of four.

The people who call Pawleys Island home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pawleys Island is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pawleys Island include English, Irish, German, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Pawleys Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.