Hilton Head Island, SC: key statistics
Population: 38,196 (2025). Unemployment rate: 4% (August 2026). Median household income: $94,657 (2024).
Hilton Head Island, SC in figures
Population and demography
Labor market
| Mean travel time to work | 18.5 minutes | 2024 | |
| Unemployment rate | 4% | August 2026 | |
| Civilian labor force | 16,268 | 2025 | |
| Employed residents | 15,614 | 2025 | |
| Unemployed people | 654 | 2025 | |
| Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 3% | 2024 | |
| Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 49.9% | 2024 |
Health
Income and living conditions
| Gini index | 52.1 | 2024 | |
| Median household income | $94,657 | 2024 | |
| Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) | $73,409 | 2024 | |
| Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 8.6% | 2024 |
Housing
| Housing units authorized by building permits | 208 | 2025 | |
| Homeownership rate (US, housing units) | 78.7% | 2024 | |
| Median home value | $687,400 | 2024 | |
| Median gross rent (monthly) | $1,479 | 2024 | |
| Single-family housing units authorized by building permits | 133 | 2025 | |
| Housing units | 30,112 | 2024 | |
| Households | 18,326 | 2024 | |
| Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) | 39.1% | 2024 | |
| Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) | 51.2% | 2024 | |
| Average household size | 2.1 persons per household | 2024 |
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