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Hilton Head Island, SC

37,911 Population
41.4 square miles 916.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 47.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$73,409 ±$4,292 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $51,125 ±$1,611
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$94,657 ±$9,084 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $83,304 ±$2,752
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

8.6% ±1.9% (3,245  ±724) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.8% 23,584 (±1% / ±2,154)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

18.5 minutes ±1.5 (237,115  ±25,896) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 24.3 2,164,340 (±0.8 / ±82,604)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

18,326 ±574 Number of households
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 95,451 ±1,082
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.1 ±0.1 (37,638  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 2.3 219,029 (±0 / ±198)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

2.6% ±1.9% (138  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,276 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

30,112 ±506 Number of housing units
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 117,935 ±113
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$687,400 ±$30,316 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $439,500 ±$9,505
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

13.7% ±2.1% (5,189  ±806.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 14.1% 31,833 (±1.1% / ±2,402.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

93.6% ±4% (29,858  ±1,382.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 94.2% 156,414 (±2% / ±3,356.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
56.2% ±2.8% (17,919  ±954.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times 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)

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

13.8% ±1.8% (5,237  ±678) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 8.2% 18,721
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

7.5% ±1.1% (2,499  ±366) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.5% 18,720 (±0.6% / ±1,125)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
2,499 Total veterans ±366 2,333 Male ±357 166 Female ±89

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