Port Wentworth vs Whitemarsh Island

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

Port Wentworth and Whitemarsh 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 6,918 in Whitemarsh Island). Whitemarsh Island has the higher median household income ($113,250 vs $78,861 in Port Wentworth). Whitemarsh Island has the higher median home value ($360,400 vs $204,900 in Port Wentworth).

Population, income & housing

	Port Wentworth	Whitemarsh Island
Population	11,997	6,918
Median age	35.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,861	$113,250
Median home value	$204,900	$360,400
Median gross rent	$1,648	$1,724
Housing units	4,854	3,123
Homeownership rate	66.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Wentworth	Whitemarsh Island
Population	8,463 → 11,997 (+41.8%)	6,893 → 6,918 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$79,327 → $78,861 (-0.6%)	$74,318 → $113,250 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $204,900 (+27.5%)	$246,400 → $360,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,310 → $1,648 (+25.8%)	$1,257 → $1,724 (+37.2%)

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

Whitemarsh Island

Population

6,8936,918

Median household income

$74,318$113,250

Median home value

$246,400$360,400

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Wentworth	Whitemarsh Island
Under 5	5.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	19.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	18.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.5%
75 and over	4.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Wentworth	Whitemarsh Island
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	80.2%
Black or African American	48.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Wentworth	Whitemarsh Island
No high school diploma	13.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	27.3%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Wentworth	Whitemarsh Island
Drove alone	80.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	14.7%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Wentworth	Whitemarsh Island
1-unit, detached	68.1%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	12.3%
20 or more units	7.6%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Wentworth	Whitemarsh Island
Poverty rate	9.8%	4.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	2005	1993