People Make Callawassie Island Special

Callawassie Island's friendly, relaxed tone promotes strong community bonds among the island's residents. Golfers, tennis players, bridge players, and gardeners get to know each other through book groups, bocci tournaments, special club events, and committee meetings. Neighbors celebrate joyful events together and pitch in to help those facing adversity. Callawassie is more than a beautiful place with first-rate amenities' it is a vibrant, dynamic community.

A wide range of residents' founding families who provide a sense of continuity, recent retirees, families with second homes, and younger families looking for something special-all contribute to Callawassie Island's rich composition.

• Callawassie Island is home to 500 families, with over half being full-time residents. The remainder spend much of the year here; a few treat us as a vacation paradise.
• Families hail from all over the world and the United States, with strong contingents from Great Britain, and the northern and east coast states.
• Newcomers are typically in their mid fifties; our average age is about 60.