There are 85 undeveloped lots; two are under construction.
There are 68 finished homes.
Some Dewees Island Owners go into town every day, others try to stay on the island for as long as possible. (For their first years on the island, before becoming full time residents, Judy and her young son had contests to see who could leave the island the fewest times each summer. They usually tied at 3 visits to town apiece over the 9 week summer. Others (in normal, non-COVID times), are downtown or in Mount Pleasant every day, even twice a day. You get to create your own island reality.