Henderson vs Tybee Island

A side-by-side comparison of Henderson and Tybee Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Henderson and Tybee Island are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tybee Island has the higher population (3,121 vs 2,591 in Henderson). Tybee Island has the higher median household income ($112,778 vs $72,347 in Henderson). Tybee Island has the higher median home value ($613,400 vs $294,800 in Henderson).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Tybee Island
Population	2,591	3,121
Median age	46.0 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,347	$112,778
Median home value	$294,800	$613,400
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,214
Housing units	1,347	3,337
Homeownership rate	60.4%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Tybee Island
Population	2,219 → 2,591 (+16.8%)	3,093 → 3,121 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$57,063 → $72,347 (+26.8%)	$80,897 → $112,778 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$181,000 → $294,800 (+62.9%)	$503,700 → $613,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,397 (+26.9%)	$1,208 → $1,214 (+0.5%)

Henderson

Population

2,2192,591

Median household income

$57,063$72,347

Median home value

$181,000$294,800

Median gross rent

$1,101$1,397

Tybee Island

Population

3,0933,121

Median household income

$80,897$112,778

Median home value

$503,700$613,400

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson	Tybee Island
Under 5	2.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	6.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	22.8%
65 to 74	23.2%	26.4%
75 and over	2.4%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Tybee Island
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	94.9%
Black or African American	33.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Tybee Island
No high school diploma	8.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	15.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Tybee Island
Drove alone	78.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.9%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Tybee Island
1-unit, detached	52.6%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	41.4%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Tybee Island
Poverty rate	33.5%	6.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	2004	1984