Isle of Hope vs Tybee Island

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

Isle of Hope 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 1,945 in Isle of Hope). Tybee Island has the higher median household income ($112,778 vs $101,316 in Isle of Hope). Tybee Island has the higher median home value ($613,400 vs $431,000 in Isle of Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Isle of Hope	Tybee Island
Population	1,945	3,121
Median age	48.5 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,316	$112,778
Median home value	$431,000	$613,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,214
Housing units	979	3,337
Homeownership rate	96.6%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Isle of Hope	Tybee Island
Population	2,487 → 1,945 (-21.8%)	3,093 → 3,121 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$110,625 → $101,316 (-8.4%)	$80,897 → $112,778 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$371,100 → $431,000 (+16.1%)	$503,700 → $613,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,521 → $1,469 (-3.4%)	$1,208 → $1,214 (+0.5%)

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

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)

	Isle of Hope	Tybee Island
Under 5	6.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	6.0%
18 to 24	0.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	6.6%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	4.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	22.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	26.4%
75 and over	16.0%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Isle of Hope	Tybee Island
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Isle of Hope	Tybee Island
No high school diploma	0.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	16.8%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Isle of Hope	Tybee Island
Drove alone	84.5%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.5%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Isle of Hope	Tybee Island
1-unit, detached	98.5%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Isle of Hope	Tybee Island
Poverty rate	1.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.04	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1964	1984