Charleston vs Hollywood

A side-by-side comparison of Charleston and Hollywood: population, income, housing, and more.

Charleston and Hollywood are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charleston has the higher population (152,014 vs 5,330 in Hollywood). Charleston has the higher median household income ($90,038 vs $77,415 in Hollywood). Charleston has the higher median home value ($469,100 vs $450,400 in Hollywood).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	Hollywood
Population	152,014	5,330
Median age	36.1 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,038	$77,415
Median home value	$469,100	$450,400
Median gross rent	$1,632	$1,142
Housing units	75,826	2,536
Homeownership rate	55.6%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.7%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	Hollywood
Population	135,257 → 152,014 (+12.4%)	5,176 → 5,330 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$68,438 → $90,038 (+31.6%)	$52,847 → $77,415 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$330,600 → $469,100 (+41.9%)	$246,500 → $450,400 (+82.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,632 (+29.8%)	$726 → $1,142 (+57.3%)

Charleston

Population

135,257152,014

Median household income

$68,438$90,038

Median home value

$330,600$469,100

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,632

Hollywood

Population

5,1765,330

Median household income

$52,847$77,415

Median home value

$246,500$450,400

Median gross rent

$726$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	Hollywood
Under 5	5.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	19.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	17.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	19.2%
75 and over	6.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	Hollywood
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	56.4%
Black or African American	17.3%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	Hollywood
No high school diploma	4.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	15.4%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	Hollywood
Drove alone	68.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.6%	12.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	Hollywood
1-unit, detached	47.9%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	Hollywood
Poverty rate	12.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1994	2002