Tybee Island vs Whitemarsh Island

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

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

Whitemarsh Island has the higher population (6,918 vs 3,121 in Tybee Island). Whitemarsh Island has the higher median household income ($113,250 vs $112,778 in Tybee Island). Tybee Island has the higher median home value ($613,400 vs $360,400 in Whitemarsh Island).

Population, income & housing

	Tybee Island	Whitemarsh Island
Population	3,121	6,918
Median age	63.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$112,778	$113,250
Median home value	$613,400	$360,400
Median gross rent	$1,214	$1,724
Housing units	3,337	3,123
Homeownership rate	89.3%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tybee Island	Whitemarsh Island
Population	3,093 → 3,121 (+0.9%)	6,893 → 6,918 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$80,897 → $112,778 (+39.4%)	$74,318 → $113,250 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$503,700 → $613,400 (+21.8%)	$246,400 → $360,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,214 (+0.5%)	$1,257 → $1,724 (+37.2%)

Tybee Island

Population

3,0933,121

Median household income

$80,897$112,778

Median home value

$503,700$613,400

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,214

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)

	Tybee Island	Whitemarsh Island
Under 5	2.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	6.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	4.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	18.3%
55 to 64	22.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	26.4%	10.5%
75 and over	20.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tybee Island	Whitemarsh Island
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	80.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tybee Island	Whitemarsh Island
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	25.5%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tybee Island	Whitemarsh Island
Drove alone	75.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tybee Island	Whitemarsh Island
1-unit, detached	64.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	12.3%
20 or more units	9.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Tybee Island	Whitemarsh Island
Poverty rate	6.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1984	1993