Port Wentworth vs Skidaway Island

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

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

Port Wentworth has the higher population (11,997 vs 8,907 in Skidaway Island). Skidaway Island has the higher median household income ($121,991 vs $78,861 in Port Wentworth). Skidaway Island has the higher median home value ($763,100 vs $204,900 in Port Wentworth).

Population, income & housing

	Port Wentworth	Skidaway Island
Population	11,997	8,907
Median age	35.3 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,861	$121,991
Median home value	$204,900	$763,100
Median gross rent	$1,648	$2,673
Housing units	4,854	4,629
Homeownership rate	66.0%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Wentworth	Skidaway Island
Population	8,463 → 11,997 (+41.8%)	8,986 → 8,907 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$79,327 → $78,861 (-0.6%)	$93,690 → $121,991 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $204,900 (+27.5%)	$495,700 → $763,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,310 → $1,648 (+25.8%)	$1,362 → $2,673 (+96.3%)

Port Wentworth

Population

8,46311,997

Median household income

$79,327$78,861

Median home value

$160,700$204,900

Median gross rent

$1,310$1,648

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)

	Port Wentworth	Skidaway Island
Under 5	5.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	8.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	1.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	4.7%
35 to 44	19.7%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	4.8%	26.7%
75 and over	4.2%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Wentworth	Skidaway Island
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	84.9%
Black or African American	48.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	4.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Wentworth	Skidaway Island
No high school diploma	13.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.3%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Wentworth	Skidaway Island
Drove alone	80.5%	66.5%
Carpooled	14.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	22.7%
Other means	0.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Wentworth	Skidaway Island
1-unit, detached	68.1%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Wentworth	Skidaway Island
Poverty rate	9.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	2005	1990