Metro area · CBSA 25940
Hilton Head Island
The Hilton Head Island, SC metro area has 227,455 people. Median rent is $1,573, 22.7% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Beaufort County at $2,010. Of the 14 places we track here, Daufuskie Island has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$83,304
Median home value
$439,500
Unemployment
2.9%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$2,010
HUD, Beaufort County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Head Island | 37,911 | $1,479 | 18.7% |
| Bluffton | 33,157 | $2,256 | 24.3% |
| Port Royal | 15,579 | $1,726 | 27.7% |
| Beaufort | 13,747 | $1,212 | 23.8% |
| Hardeeville | 10,871 | $1,406 | 21.5% |
| Burton | 6,912 | $1,229 | 21.7% |
| Laurel Bay | 5,882 | $1,454 | 32.1% |
| Ridgeland | 3,764 | $734 | 14.0% |
| Shell Point | 1,439 | $1,188 | 17.5% |
| Yemassee | 1,178 | $748 | 20.0% |
| Seabrook | 799 | $1,653 | 31.4% |
| Fripp Island | 752 | $1,653 | 19.3% |
| Daufuskie Island | 619 | $1,653 | 12.7% |
| Sheldon | 610 | $1,653 | 65.6% |
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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.