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Port Royal, SC

15,047 Population
17 square miles 887 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 46.8 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,843 ±$3,485 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $49,021 ±$1,545
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$70,330 ±$10,227 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $81,015 ±$2,575
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

10.7% ±5.3% (1,257  ±621) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 11.5% 24,832 (±1.1% / ±2,418)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

13.5 minutes ±1.5 (109,295  ±15,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 23.7 2,104,085 (±0.7 / ±73,520)
  • about half the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

4,728 ±409 Number of households
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 91,214 ±1,044
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.5 ±0.2 (11,796  ±212) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 2.4 215,465 (±0 / ±219)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

7.8% ±4.2% (277  ±154) 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: 5.1% † 2,161 (±1% / ±400)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

5,080 ±435 Number of housing units
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 115,045 ±128
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$298,000 ±$37,625 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $393,100 ±$8,455
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

24.6% ±4.6% (3,643  ±677.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 13.8% 30,521 (±1% / ±2,093.8)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

95% ±9.2% (7,353  ±902.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 93.6% 150,744 (±2.1% / ±3,322.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
37.3% ±7.1% (2,886  ±593.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 42.2% 67,868 (±1.3% / ±2,050)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

4.9% ±1.9% (737  ±283) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 8.1% 17,977
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

10.4% ±3.4% (898  ±303) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than 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)
898 Total veterans ±303 811 Male ±275 87 Female ±79

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