Port Wentworth vs Wilmington Island

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

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

Wilmington Island has the higher population (14,457 vs 11,997 in Port Wentworth). Wilmington Island has the higher median household income ($92,578 vs $78,861 in Port Wentworth). Wilmington Island has the higher median home value ($361,600 vs $204,900 in Port Wentworth).

Population, income & housing

	Port Wentworth	Wilmington Island
Population	11,997	14,457
Median age	35.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,861	$92,578
Median home value	$204,900	$361,600
Median gross rent	$1,648	$1,680
Housing units	4,854	6,461
Homeownership rate	66.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Wentworth	Wilmington Island
Population	8,463 → 11,997 (+41.8%)	15,834 → 14,457 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$79,327 → $78,861 (-0.6%)	$82,500 → $92,578 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $204,900 (+27.5%)	$263,700 → $361,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,310 → $1,648 (+25.8%)	$1,260 → $1,680 (+33.3%)

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

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)

	Port Wentworth	Wilmington Island
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	19.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	4.8%	14.4%
75 and over	4.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Wentworth	Wilmington Island
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	48.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Wentworth	Wilmington Island
No high school diploma	13.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Wentworth	Wilmington Island
Drove alone	80.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	14.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Wentworth	Wilmington Island
1-unit, detached	68.1%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	12.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Wentworth	Wilmington Island
Poverty rate	9.8%	4.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2005	1983