South Carolina · Census place 4523020

Edisto Beach, South Carolina

Edisto Beach is a town in Colleton County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,060 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 150th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,060
#150 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+3.1%
+32 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
498 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Edisto Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Edisto Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Edisto Beach added 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,031. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edisto Beach covers 2.13 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 498 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Edisto Beach is less dense than the typical town.

What county Edisto Beach is in

All of Edisto Beach's residents live in Colleton County, which had 39,259 residents in 2024. Edisto Beach holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Edisto Beach

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edisto Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29438. 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 Edisto Beach is

The Census internal point of Edisto Beach is at 32.498700, -80.313500. Columbia, the capital, is 111.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seabrook Island, SC (2,135 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charleston, SC, 30.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.498700, -80.313500
DMS
32°29'55.32"N 80°18'48.60"W
UTM
17N 564490.8E 3595922.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
864XFMXP+FJ

Daylight in Edisto Beach

At 32.50° N, Edisto Beach gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edisto Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Seabrook Island, 9.3 miles away, with 2,135 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edisto Beach, SC?

1,060 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 32 (3.1%) from 1,028 in July 2020.

What county is Edisto Beach in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Edisto Beach?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29438.

How far is Edisto Beach from Columbia?

111.9 miles (180.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Edisto Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Edisto Beach?

Seabrook Island, SC, with 2,135 residents, 9.3 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.