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Shell Point, 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 Shell Point, Beaufort County, South Carolina

Shell Point, in Beaufort County, had 2,281 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $81,630 a year and half less, against $86,573 across Beaufort County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 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 people in Beaufort County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,281 in the 2020 census
Household income $81,630 the median, give or take $15,989 · Beaufort County: $86,573
Unemployment 4.0% Beaufort County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Shell Point for the Census survey to measure.
  • 737households
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 10%work from home

What people in Beaufort County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Building trades9%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%

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, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Beaufort County

  1. Beaufort 01 SchoolsSchool district3,293FTE
  2. Beaufort Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital1,396FTE
  3. The Sea Pines ResortHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities688
  4. Palmetto Bluff InvestmentsCountry clubs394
  5. University of South Carolina BeaufortUniversity or college380
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters328
  7. Hilton Head HospitalGeneral hospital321FTE
  8. Fripp Island HospitalityHospitality311

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 127 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 13,685 people in all across the county; Shell Point has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (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. LightningVery high
  3. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  6. EarthquakesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Shell Point’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.