Hollywood vs Kiawah Island

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

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

Hollywood has the higher population (5,330 vs 2,196 in Kiawah Island). Kiawah Island has the higher median household income ($236,607 vs $77,415 in Hollywood). Kiawah Island has the higher median home value ($1,723,200 vs $450,400 in Hollywood).

Population, income & housing

	Hollywood	Kiawah Island
Population	5,330	2,196
Median age	53.2 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,415	$236,607
Median home value	$450,400	$1,723,200
Median gross rent	$1,142	—
Housing units	2,536	3,896
Homeownership rate	93.6%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	86.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hollywood	Kiawah Island
Population	5,176 → 5,330 (+3.0%)	1,676 → 2,196 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$52,847 → $77,415 (+46.5%)	$193,750 → $236,607 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$246,500 → $450,400 (+82.7%)	$1,532,800 → $1,723,200 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $1,142 (+57.3%)	$2,056 → $2,750 (+33.8%)

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

Kiawah Island

Population

1,6762,196

Median household income

$193,750$236,607

Median home value

$1,532,800$1,723,200

Median gross rent

$2,056$2,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hollywood	Kiawah Island
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	1.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	1.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	0.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	1.5%
45 to 54	17.3%	3.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	36.7%
65 to 74	19.2%	36.7%
75 and over	5.8%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hollywood	Kiawah Island
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	98.1%
Black or African American	35.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hollywood	Kiawah Island
No high school diploma	10.9%	1.0%
High school graduate	24.5%	2.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	50.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hollywood	Kiawah Island
Drove alone	81.2%	37.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	48.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hollywood	Kiawah Island
1-unit, detached	87.6%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hollywood	Kiawah Island
Poverty rate	9.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.42	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	2002	1989