Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 133, settled in 1917.
Nightingale Hall Rice Mill Chimney and Pawleys Island Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Pawleys Island has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Coastal flooding makes up 18% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Census counts: 176 in 1990, 130 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2012 and 3 maps from 1942 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pawleys Island, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Pawleys Island.
The typical home value in Pawleys Island is about $550,000, up 1.3% in a year, 81% above the South Carolina typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected losses in Pawleys Island break down as 66% from hurricanes and 18% from coastal flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Pawleys Island sits above 98% of U.S. communities. Also worth knowing: since 1986, 263 flood insurance claims have been paid out here.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pawleys Island: 5.5% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. 44% of adults have high blood pressure locally, above both South Carolina’s towns (40%) and U.S. towns (35%). Only one of the 170 South Carolina towns we compare has a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Pawleys Island. Two figures for adults here: 25% sleep under 7 hours, 23% feel lonely.
| Pawleys Island | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 38% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 33% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.8% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pawleys Island | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.1% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.2% | 13.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 16.5% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 0.1 miles. Parks and preserves in Pawleys Island: one, of 2 acres.
| Pawleys Island | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.1% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pawleys Island Nature Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Pawleys Island; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Pawleys Island residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Town in South Carolina, United States
Pawleys Island is a town in Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, and the Atlantic coast barrier island on which the town is located. As of the 2020 census, Pawleys Island had a population of 130. The post office address also includes an unincorporated area on the mainland adjacent to the island, which is also commonly referred to as Pawleys Island and includes a commercial district along the Ocean Highway (US Route 17) as well as a residential area between the highway and the Waccamaw River. The town of Pawleys Island, though, is only on the island. The island lies off the Waccamaw Neck, a long, narrow peninsula between the ocean and the river, and is connected to the mainland …
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Pawleys Island has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.