Whitemarsh Island vs Wilmington Island

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

Whitemarsh Island 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 6,918 in Whitemarsh Island). Whitemarsh Island has the higher median household income ($113,250 vs $92,578 in Wilmington Island). Wilmington Island has the higher median home value ($361,600 vs $360,400 in Whitemarsh Island).

Population, income & housing

	Whitemarsh Island	Wilmington Island
Population	6,918	14,457
Median age	40.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$113,250	$92,578
Median home value	$360,400	$361,600
Median gross rent	$1,724	$1,680
Housing units	3,123	6,461
Homeownership rate	76.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whitemarsh Island	Wilmington Island
Population	6,893 → 6,918 (+0.4%)	15,834 → 14,457 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$74,318 → $113,250 (+52.4%)	$82,500 → $92,578 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$246,400 → $360,400 (+46.3%)	$263,700 → $361,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,724 (+37.2%)	$1,260 → $1,680 (+33.3%)

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

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)

	Whitemarsh Island	Wilmington Island
Under 5	7.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	18.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.4%
75 and over	5.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whitemarsh Island	Wilmington Island
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whitemarsh Island	Wilmington Island
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	13.7%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whitemarsh Island	Wilmington Island
Drove alone	83.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.5%	10.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whitemarsh Island	Wilmington Island
1-unit, detached	73.5%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	12.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Whitemarsh Island	Wilmington Island
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1993	1983