Pooler vs Skidaway Island

A side-by-side comparison of Pooler and Skidaway Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pooler has the higher population (27,235 vs 8,907 in Skidaway Island). Skidaway Island has the higher median household income ($121,991 vs $91,497 in Pooler). Skidaway Island has the higher median home value ($763,100 vs $289,000 in Pooler).

Population, income & housing

	Pooler	Skidaway Island
Population	27,235	8,907
Median age	39.3 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,497	$121,991
Median home value	$289,000	$763,100
Median gross rent	$1,625	$2,673
Housing units	12,008	4,629
Homeownership rate	59.8%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pooler	Skidaway Island
Population	23,858 → 27,235 (+14.2%)	8,986 → 8,907 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$79,426 → $91,497 (+15.2%)	$93,690 → $121,991 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $289,000 (+34.7%)	$495,700 → $763,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,625 (+30.0%)	$1,362 → $2,673 (+96.3%)

Pooler

Population

23,85827,235

Median household income

$79,426$91,497

Median home value

$214,500$289,000

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,625

Skidaway Island

Population

8,9868,907

Median household income

$93,690$121,991

Median home value

$495,700$763,100

Median gross rent

$1,362$2,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pooler	Skidaway Island
Under 5	6.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	8.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	4.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	26.7%
75 and over	3.8%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pooler	Skidaway Island
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	84.9%
Black or African American	30.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	4.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pooler	Skidaway Island
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	19.8%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pooler	Skidaway Island
Drove alone	79.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	22.7%
Other means	2.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pooler	Skidaway Island
1-unit, detached	61.7%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	13.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pooler	Skidaway Island
Poverty rate	6.4%	2.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	2006	1990