Hilton Head Island, SC — Elections 2008–2024

2024 presidential election

Hilton Head Island

TrumpR+13.4

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	56.1%	13,660
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	42.7%	10,389
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	305

D+60

R+60

City boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2008–2024, on current city boundaries.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 2008–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	−19.6%
2012	−30.1%
2016	−17.0%
2020	−12.7%
2024	−13.4%

DemocraticRepublican

5 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	42.7%Harris10,389	56.1%Trump13,660	1.3%	−13.4%	24,354
2020	R	43.2%Biden10,224	55.9%Trump13,229	0.9%incl. Jorgensen	−12.7%	23,674
2016	R	39.4%Clinton8,702	56.4%Trump12,456	4.2%incl. Johnson	−17.0%	22,085
2012	R	34.9%Obama6,897	65.1%Romney12,847	0.0%	−30.1%	19,744
2008	R	39.7%Obama7,597	59.3%McCain11,360	1.1%	−19.6%	19,159

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	Hilton Head IslandCity	South CarolinaState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	75.7%	63.3%	61.0%
Black	7.2%	24.8%	12.2%
Asian	1.0%	1.8%	6.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	6.9%	12.6%
Other race	9.3%	3.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	7.4%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$94,657	$69,324	$84,427
Poverty rate	8.6%	14.1%	12.5%
Median age	59.8	40.5	39.1
Age 18–24	9.6%	9.1%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	28.3%	18.9%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	46.0%	32.1%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	11.7%	8.4%	22.3%
Spanish	8.7%	5.2%	13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	German 13.2%	English 12.1%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	English 13.2%	German 9.4%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Irish 12.2%	Irish 9.1%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	21.4%County context	8.0%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	13.8%County context	28.6%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	55.4%County context	47.5%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	5.0%County context	7.4%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

German

13.2%

English

13.2%

Irish

12.2%

Italian

6.2%

American

5.9%

Polish

2.7%

French

2.6%

Scottish

2.5%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

5.8%

Puerto Rican

2.0%

Honduran

0.9%

Salvadoran

0.5%

Colombian

0.5%

Guatemalan

0.4%

Venezuelan

0.3%

Spanish

0.3%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

Jamaican

0.5%

African

0.4%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Filipino

0.3%

Vietnamese

0.3%

Chinese

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 59.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

1.4%

4.6%

75–84

4.9%

7.4%

65–74

8.8%

6.5%

55–64

7.6%

4.8%

45–54

5.3%

4.9%

35–44

5.0%

5.2%

25–34

5.1%

5.9%

18–24

3.7%

6.6%

5–17

6.2%

2.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$94,657

Hilton Head Island$94,657

South Carolina$69,324

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1815.9%

Working age (18–64)8.6%

Seniors (65+)6.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

88.3%

speak English only

Spanish8.7%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.5%

Other Indo-European0.5%

German or other West Germanic0.4%

Other languages0.4%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%

Vietnamese0.2%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%

Korean0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

21.4%

Evangelical Protestant

13.8%

Mainline Protestant

5.0%

Black Protestant

1.9%

Latter-day Saints

0.9%

Other Christian

0.6%

Jewish

0.5%

Other faiths

0.4%

Orthodox Christian

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted55.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Hilton Head Island sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 30.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.4 points.

A population of 37,911, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,657 describe the city.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Hilton Head Island, South Carolina vote in 2024?

In 2024, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina voted Republican by 13.4 points (R+13.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,354 votes cast, 10,389 went Democratic and 13,660 went Republican.

How many people live in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina?

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina has a population of 37,911 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina?

Median household income in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina is $94,657 — above the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.

What is the political history of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.

Hilton Head Island delivered R+13.4 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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