Isle of Hope vs Talahi Island

A side-by-side comparison of Isle of Hope and Talahi Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Isle of Hope has the higher population (1,945 vs 1,028 in Talahi Island). Talahi Island has the higher median household income ($110,573 vs $101,316 in Isle of Hope). Talahi Island has the higher median home value ($508,400 vs $431,000 in Isle of Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Isle of Hope	Talahi Island
Population	1,945	1,028
Median age	48.5 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,316	$110,573
Median home value	$431,000	$508,400
Housing units	979	443
Homeownership rate	96.6%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Isle of Hope	Talahi Island
Population	2,487 → 1,945 (-21.8%)	1,472 → 1,028 (-30.2%)
Median household income	$110,625 → $101,316 (-8.4%)	$99,946 → $110,573 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$371,100 → $431,000 (+16.1%)	$383,200 → $508,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,521 → $1,469 (-3.4%)	—

Isle of Hope

Population

2,4871,945

Median household income

$110,625$101,316

Median home value

$371,100$431,000

Median gross rent

$1,521$1,469

Talahi Island

Population

1,4721,028

Median household income

$99,946$110,573

Median home value

$383,200$508,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Isle of Hope	Talahi Island
Under 5	6.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	11.6%
18 to 24	0.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.6%	3.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.0%
75 and over	16.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Isle of Hope	Talahi Island
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Isle of Hope	Talahi Island
No high school diploma	0.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.8%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Isle of Hope	Talahi Island
Drove alone	84.5%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Isle of Hope	Talahi Island
1-unit, detached	98.5%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Isle of Hope	Talahi Island
Poverty rate	1.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1964	1980