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Bluffton, SC

33,157 Population
52.1 square miles 636.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 47.7 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$63,413 ±$8,012 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $51,125 ±$1,611
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$111,281 ±$6,844 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $83,304 ±$2,752
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.3% ±1.7% (1,421  ±555) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.8% 23,584 (±1% / ±2,154)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±2.5 (373,280  ±43,737) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 24.3 2,164,340 (±0.8 / ±82,604)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,987 ±517 Number of households
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 95,451 ±1,082
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (32,988  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 2.3 219,029 (±0 / ±198)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.9% ±3.6% (554  ±255) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,276 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,882 ±523 Number of housing units
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 117,935 ±113
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$492,100 ±$27,672 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: $439,500 ±$9,505
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.4% ±3.5% (5,355  ±1,127.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 14.1% 31,833 (±1.1% / ±2,402.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.8% ±4.9% (23,178  ±1,470.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 94.2% 156,414 (±2% / ±3,356.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
52% ±3.9% (12,433  ±1,037.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 43.1% 71,640 (±1.3% / ±2,113.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.7% ±1.9% (1,902  ±632) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 8.2% 18,721
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.8% ±2.2% (2,963  ±555) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.5% 18,720 (±0.6% / ±1,125)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,963 Total veterans ±555 2,668 Male ±521 295 Female ±165

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