Bonneau BeachSC
A town of 1,516.
Is Bonneau Beach a good place to live?
The best of Bonneau Beach’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Bonneau Beach’s average trip to work is 44 minutes, above both South Carolina’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 11 of South Carolina’s 262 towns do worse. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Bonneau Beach has 1 place on the National Register. Bonneau Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Bonneau Beach for work
Where Bonneau Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bonneau Beach grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Bonneau Beach is from typical.
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Moving to Bonneau Beach: who provides what
Bonneau Beach is unincorporated, so Berkeley County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bonneau Beach.
Very high risk in Bonneau Beach, with hurricanes at the top
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bonneau Beach’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Bonneau Beach for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Bonneau Beach has added 43 jobs, to 70 in 2023. 14% of Bonneau Beach residents live below the poverty line, below the South Carolina town median (17%) but above the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Bonneau Beach | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 6.1% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Bonneau Beach, expect mild winters and hot summers
Bonneau Beach has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Bonneau Beach’s July high is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Bonneau Beach are less healthy than 65% of U.S. towns
Bonneau Beach beats the South Carolina average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 44% of Bonneau Beach adults have high blood pressure.
| Bonneau Beach | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 40% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Bonneau Beach | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.4% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.9% | 13.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Bonneau Beach sells for about $458K
The median rent in Bonneau Beach is $1,548 a month.
| Bonneau Beach | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,548 a month | $1,060 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bonneau Beach
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Bonneau Beach; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Bonneau Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
About Bonneau Beach
Census-designated place in South Carolina, United States
Bonneau Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,929 at the 2010 census. It is located on the shore of Lake Moultrie.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 82 ft
Questions about Bonneau Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bonneau Beach, SC expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $254,000, 17% below the South Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.