South Carolina · Census place 4503385

Awendaw, South Carolina

Awendaw is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,472 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 133rd largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,472
#133 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+4.5%
+63 people
Land area
17.4 sq mi
+ 0.25 sq mi water
Density
85 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Awendaw. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Awendaw population, 2020 to 2024

Awendaw added 63 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +18.

1,40920201,41520211,43220221,45420231,4722024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,405. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Awendaw covers 17.35 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 85 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Awendaw is less dense than the typical town.

What county Awendaw is in

All of Awendaw's residents live in Charleston County, which had 431,001 residents in 2024. Awendaw holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Awendaw

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Awendaw by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29429. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Awendaw is

The Census internal point of Awendaw is at 32.967900, -79.654800. Columbia, the capital, is 106.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Isle of Palms, SC (4,377 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charleston, SC, 20.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.967900, -79.654800
DMS
32°58'4.44"N 79°39'17.28"W
UTM
17N 625713.2E 3648531.5N
Geohash
djz7e3t5u
Plus code
8742X89W+53

Daylight in Awendaw

At 32.97° N, Awendaw gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Awendaw

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Isle of Palms, 12.7 miles away, with 4,377 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Awendaw, SC?

1,472 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 63 (4.5%) from 1,409 in July 2020.

What county is Awendaw in?

Charleston County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Awendaw?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29429.

How far is Awendaw from Columbia?

106.9 miles (172.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Awendaw.

What is the nearest larger city to Awendaw?

Isle of Palms, SC, with 4,377 residents, 12.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.