Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Bluffton, SC

31,323 Population
52.1 square miles 600.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

41 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 46.8 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$55,810 ±$7,621 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $49,021 ±$1,545
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$105,463 ±$6,148 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $81,015 ±$2,575
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

4.8% ±1.6% (1,489  ±494) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 11.5% 24,832 (±1.1% / ±2,418)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

26.1 minutes ±2.2 (336,025  ±37,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 23.7 2,104,085 (±0.7 / ±73,520)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

11,300 ±452 Number of households
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 91,214 ±1,044
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.8 ±0.1 (31,104  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 2.4 215,465 (±0 / ±219)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

6.2% ±3.4% (433  ±237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 5.1% † 2,161 (±1% / ±400)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

12,335 ±494 Number of housing units
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 115,045 ±128
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$444,500 ±$22,606 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $393,100 ±$8,455
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

15.9% ±3.6% (4,912  ±1,099.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 13.8% 30,521 (±1% / ±2,093.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

96.1% ±5% (20,821  ±1,351.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 93.6% 150,744 (±2.1% / ±3,322.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
47.9% ±3.8% (10,377  ±923.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 42.2% 67,868 (±1.3% / ±2,050)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.2% ±1.8% (2,245  ±557) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 8.1% 17,977
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

10.6% ±1.8% (2,469  ±427) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.9% 19,091 (±0.7% / ±1,142)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
2,469 Total veterans ±427 2,241 Male ±381 228 Female ±128

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.