Hollywood vs Sullivan's Island

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

Hollywood and Sullivan's 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 2,127 in Sullivan's Island). Sullivan's Island has the higher median household income ($179,614 vs $77,415 in Hollywood). Sullivan's Island has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $450,400 in Hollywood).

Population, income & housing

	Hollywood	Sullivan's Island
Population	5,330	2,127
Median age	53.2 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,415	$179,614
Median home value	$450,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,142	$2,402
Housing units	2,536	1,078
Homeownership rate	93.6%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	87.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hollywood	Sullivan's Island
Population	5,176 → 5,330 (+3.0%)	2,203 → 2,127 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$52,847 → $77,415 (+46.5%)	$136,528 → $179,614 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$246,500 → $450,400 (+82.7%)	$1,773,100 → $2,000,001 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $1,142 (+57.3%)	$2,167 → $2,402 (+10.8%)

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

Sullivan's Island

Population

2,2032,127

Median household income

$136,528$179,614

Median home value

$1,773,100$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,167$2,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hollywood	Sullivan's Island
Under 5	3.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	17.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	19.7%
65 to 74	19.2%	19.6%
75 and over	5.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hollywood	Sullivan's Island
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	97.0%
Black or African American	35.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
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%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hollywood	Sullivan's Island
No high school diploma	10.9%	0.1%
High school graduate	24.5%	2.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	45.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hollywood	Sullivan's Island
Drove alone	81.2%	81.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	3.1%
Worked from home	12.9%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hollywood	Sullivan's Island
1-unit, detached	87.6%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Hollywood	Sullivan's Island
Poverty rate	9.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	2002	1984