Jekyll Island vs St. Simons

A side-by-side comparison of Jekyll Island and St. Simons: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Simons has the higher population (16,026 vs 1,078 in Jekyll Island). St. Simons has the higher median household income ($105,944 vs $76,445 in Jekyll Island). Jekyll Island has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $484,100 in St. Simons).

Population, income & housing

	Jekyll Island	St. Simons
Population	1,078	16,026
Median age	60.4 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,445	$105,944
Median home value	$522,100	$484,100
Median gross rent	$1,467	$1,626
Housing units	1,434	11,243
Homeownership rate	81.8%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jekyll Island	St. Simons
Population	1,116 → 1,078 (-3.4%)	14,778 → 16,026 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$59,820 → $76,445 (+27.8%)	$87,248 → $105,944 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$421,400 → $522,100 (+23.9%)	$371,800 → $484,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,467 (+28.5%)	$1,309 → $1,626 (+24.2%)

Jekyll Island

Population

1,1161,078

Median household income

$59,820$76,445

Median home value

$421,400$522,100

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,467

St. Simons

Population

14,77816,026

Median household income

$87,248$105,944

Median home value

$371,800$484,100

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jekyll Island	St. Simons
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	25.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	20.0%	23.7%
75 and over	24.1%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jekyll Island	St. Simons
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jekyll Island	St. Simons
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	18.9%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jekyll Island	St. Simons
Drove alone	85.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jekyll Island	St. Simons
1-unit, detached	52.4%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	34.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Jekyll Island	St. Simons
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.3%
Average household size	1.64	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1967	1988