Burton is a census-designated place (CDP) on Port Royal Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,976 at the 2010 census. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Burton is included within the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Burton's heyday was during the truck farming era in Beaufort County from 1900 to 1930. The "center" of Burton was where Broad River Boulevard crosses the abandoned Port Royal Railroad tracks and U.S. Route 21.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.24%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable"
|+Burton racial composition
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|White (non-Hispanic)
|2,875
|42.42%
|-
|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|2,422
|35.74%
|-
|Native American
|19
|0.28%
|-
|Asian
|112
|1.65%
|-
|Pacific Islander
|6
|0.09%
|-
|Other/Mixed
|325
|4.8%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|1,018
|15.02%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,777 people, 2,888 households, and 1,939 families residing in the CDP.
2000 census
As of the census