WybooSC
Some 3,639 people live in this town, in South Carolina.
Is Wyboo a good place to live?
A tough set of grades. The weak point is incomes (C−): the median household income is $59K, and 15% of residents live below the poverty line. With a D overall, Wyboo is better than 12% of U.S. towns and ranks 133rd of 167 in South Carolina. It also trails on hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Its strongest subject is schools (B): its public schools beat just over three fifths of South Carolina towns on state tests and graduation. Homes run about $253K for a typical one, 4.8 times the county’s $52K median household income. On history, just 2 of South Carolina’s 263 towns do worse. 35% of residents are 65 or older in the town, where South Carolina’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 18%.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
96% of working residents leave Wyboo for work
Where Wyboo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wyboo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Wyboo is from typical.
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Moving to Wyboo: who provides what
Wyboo is unincorporated, so Clarendon 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 Wyboo.
Wyboo is a second-home town and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of South Carolina (mostly hurricanes).
Top of a very high hazard risk in Wyboo: hurricanes
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 76% of South Carolina towns, with expected losses of about $1,003 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Expected losses in Wyboo break down as 45% from hurricanes and 32% from inland flooding. Since 2016, one flood insurance claim has been paid in the town.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average trip to work in Wyboo is longer than in most of South Carolina or the rest of the country
Wyboo has 174 jobs for its 1,183 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 44.5 minutes, against 25.6 across South Carolina.
Employers in Wyboo added 77 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 174. Most working residents leave Wyboo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Manning (11%), Sumter (8%) and North Charleston (5%). The median commute is under 39 miles.
| Wyboo | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 45 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More of Wyboo’s adults have high blood pressure than in the typical South Carolina or U.S. town
Against the 8,685 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wyboo’s, it is less healthy than 55%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
In Wyboo, 16% of adults smoke cigarettes. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Wyboo is ahead of South Carolina on 6 and behind on 12. Among 169 South Carolina towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Wyboo.
| Wyboo | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 52% | 40% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 86% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Wyboo | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.3% | 15.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11% | 13.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 12.2% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Wyboo sells for about $323K at the median
86% of Wyboo households live in a home they own. In Wyboo, the typical rent is $788 a month. A home in Wyboo typically sold within 49 days of listing.
| Wyboo | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $788 a month | $1,062 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0% of Wyboo is conserved land
Just 0 of its 11,077 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Wyboo itself; its outdoors grade is D−.
1.3 miles of trail. Wyboo’s trail network density comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Wyboo
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wyboo; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Wyboo residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
About Wyboo
Census-designated place in South Carolina, United States
Wyboo is a lakeside community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clarendon County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 3,661. The CDP is in southern Clarendon County, on both sides of Wyboo Swamp, an arm of Lake Marion, the largest lake in South Carolina. South Carolina Highway 260 passes through the east side of the community, leading north 9 miles (14 km) to Manning, the county seat. The south end of Highway 260 is at the Santee Dam, which forms Lake Marion by impounding the Santee River.
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- Area
- 17 sq mi
- Elevation
- 85 ft
Questions about Wyboo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wyboo, SC a good place to live?
Wyboo grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #133 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades C for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Wyboo, SC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $253,000, 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 C+.