Pooler vs Wilmington Island

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

Pooler and Wilmington 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 14,457 in Wilmington Island). Wilmington Island has the higher median household income ($92,578 vs $91,497 in Pooler). Wilmington Island has the higher median home value ($361,600 vs $289,000 in Pooler).

Population, income & housing

	Pooler	Wilmington Island
Population	27,235	14,457
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,497	$92,578
Median home value	$289,000	$361,600
Median gross rent	$1,625	$1,680
Housing units	12,008	6,461
Homeownership rate	59.8%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pooler	Wilmington Island
Population	23,858 → 27,235 (+14.2%)	15,834 → 14,457 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$79,426 → $91,497 (+15.2%)	$82,500 → $92,578 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $289,000 (+34.7%)	$263,700 → $361,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,625 (+30.0%)	$1,260 → $1,680 (+33.3%)

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

Wilmington Island

Population

15,83414,457

Median household income

$82,500$92,578

Median home value

$263,700$361,600

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pooler	Wilmington Island
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.4%
75 and over	3.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pooler	Wilmington Island
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	90.7%
Black or African American	30.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pooler	Wilmington Island
No high school diploma	7.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	19.8%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pooler	Wilmington Island
Drove alone	79.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.5%	10.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pooler	Wilmington Island
1-unit, detached	61.7%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	13.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pooler	Wilmington Island
Poverty rate	6.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	2006	1983