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Hilton Head Island, SC

37,708 Population
41.4 square miles 911.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 46.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$66,506 ±$3,651 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $45,854 ±$1,380
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $36,072 ±$266
$93,694 ±$6,246 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $77,536 ±$3,120
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $63,623 ±$486

7.6% ±1.5% (2,860  ±554) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 11.4% 24,067 (±1.1% / ±2,234)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 14.4% 717,849 (±0.2% / ±11,836)

18.8 minutes ±1.6 (250,325  ±27,576) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 23.6 2,047,210 (±0.7 / ±83,004)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)

Families

17,126 ±625 Number of households
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 87,908 ±1,086
  • South Carolina: 2,023,085 ±5,487
2.2 ±0.1 (37,479  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 2.4 211,990 (±0 / ±490)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,004,353

2.6% ±1.7% (135  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 4.9% † 2,014 (±1.2% / ±477)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 62,830 (±0.2% / ±2,492)

Housing

30,266 ±380 Number of housing units
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 112,441 ±202
  • South Carolina: 2,362,253 ±501

$589,000 ±$26,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $364,800 ±$6,819
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $216,200 ±$1,122

13.5% ±1.8% (5,064  ±,673.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 14% 30,429 (±1% / ±2,196.4)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 686,178 (±0.2% / ±10,988)

Social

91.4% ±3.7% (29,069  ±1,293.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 93.1% 147,030 (±2% / ±3,201.5)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.3% 3,174,118 (±0.4% / ±15,315.5)
53.8% ±2.7% (17,118  ±,901.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 40.7% 64,209 (±1.2% / ±1,957.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 30.6% 1,088,770 (±0.3% / ±9,317.5)

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

11.4% ±1.7% (4,287  ±637) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 7.8% 17,076
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 270,170

10.1% ±1.2% (3,377  ±388) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 11.3% 19,531 (±0.8% / ±1,301)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 349,900 (±0.1% / ±4,262)
3,377 Total veterans ±388 3,099 Male ±345 278 Female ±134

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