Hollywood vs Seabrook Island

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

Hollywood and Seabrook 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 2,107 in Seabrook Island). Seabrook Island has the higher median household income ($124,519 vs $77,415 in Hollywood). Seabrook Island has the higher median home value ($899,600 vs $450,400 in Hollywood).

Population, income & housing

	Hollywood	Seabrook Island
Population	5,330	2,107
Median age	53.2 yrs	68.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,415	$124,519
Median home value	$450,400	$899,600
Median gross rent	$1,142	$3,501
Housing units	2,536	2,522
Homeownership rate	93.6%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	82.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hollywood	Seabrook Island
Population	5,176 → 5,330 (+3.0%)	1,762 → 2,107 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$52,847 → $77,415 (+46.5%)	$108,875 → $124,519 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$246,500 → $450,400 (+82.7%)	$606,400 → $899,600 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $1,142 (+57.3%)	$3,281 → $3,501 (+6.7%)

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

Seabrook Island

Population

1,7622,107

Median household income

$108,875$124,519

Median home value

$606,400$899,600

Median gross rent

$3,281$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hollywood	Seabrook Island
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	0.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	0.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	0.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	2.8%
45 to 54	17.3%	3.7%
55 to 64	19.1%	28.4%
65 to 74	19.2%	41.4%
75 and over	5.8%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hollywood	Seabrook Island
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	96.5%
Black or African American	35.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hollywood	Seabrook Island
No high school diploma	10.9%	0.4%
High school graduate	24.5%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	41.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hollywood	Seabrook Island
Drove alone	81.2%	48.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.9%	44.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hollywood	Seabrook Island
1-unit, detached	87.6%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hollywood	Seabrook Island
Poverty rate	9.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.42	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	2002	1987