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Burton, South Carolina.

A community in Beaufort County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Beaufort County’s.

Living in Burton, Beaufort County, South Carolina

Burton, in Beaufort County, had 6,777 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $68,063 a year and half less, against $86,573 across Beaufort County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Beaufort County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 6,777 in the 2020 census
Household income $68,063 the median, give or take $11,879 · Beaufort County: $86,573
Unemployment 4.0% Beaufort County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 60% lived in by their owners; 40% rented
  • 2,874households
  • 19%of adults have a degree
  • 12%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 8%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care30%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Building trades10%
  • Other services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Beaufort County had 72,257 jobs in 2025, 1.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 41°; warmest in July, 91° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 41° F M A M J J 91° 75° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 41°; warmest in July, 91° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 41° F M A M J J 91° 75° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 41°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 75°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Beaufort Wwtp weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Burton

  1. Beaufort 01 SchoolsSchool district3,293FTE
  2. ABM IndustriesService to buildings and dwellings104
  3. UPSCouriers and express delivery services94
  4. Stokes MotorsAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used49
  5. Republic Services BeaufortWaste collection services, nonhazardous solid29

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 276 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
  4. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  5. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windrelatively high in parts of BurtonRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Burton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Beaufort County.