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Kiawah Island town, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Kiawah Island town is a Census town of 2,326 people across 11.17 square miles of land, in Charleston County. Median household income is $213,594, 98.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Kiawah Island
What Kiawah Island is
- Census place typetown
- Land area11.17 sq mi
- Water area3.97 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land208
- County holding the largest share of its areaCharleston County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kiawah Island
How many people live in Kiawah Island
- Population2,326
- Median age66.8
- Population under 1815 plus or minus 21
- Share under 180.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Population 65 and over1,326
- Share 65 and over57.0 percent
- Households1,211
- Family households1,037
- Share of households that are families85.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kiawah Island
Income and work in Kiawah Island
- Median household income$213,594 plus or minus $44,182
- Per capita income$210,726
- Civilian labor force706 plus or minus 194
- Employed693 plus or minus 195
- Unemployed13 plus or minus 16
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over2,291
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher87.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree50.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Kiawah Island
- Housing units3,865
- Occupied units1,211
- Vacant units2,654
- Vacancy rate68.7 percent
- Owner occupied1,198
- Renter occupied13 plus or minus 13
- Ownership rate98.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$2,000,001
- Single family units2,798
- Share single family72.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,048 plus or minus 246
- Share in buildings of two or more27.1 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Mobile homes19 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Kiawah Island gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute380 plus or minus 167
- Commuting under 15 minutes82 plus or minus 34
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.6 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more223 plus or minus 154
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more58.7 percent plus or minus 31.3
- Drove alone39.1 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Carpooled0.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Public transport4.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home44.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charleston County, not Kiawah Island
Charleston County context, not Kiawah Island figures
These are Charleston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Kiawah Island measurements.
- Establishments in Charleston County15,801
- Employment at those establishments, Charleston County226,330
- Covered employment, Charleston County278,476
- Average annual pay, Charleston County$68,271
- Average weekly wage, Charleston County$1,313
- Housing units permitted, Charleston County4,153
- Of those, single family, Charleston County3,052
- County product, 2024, Charleston County$50,461,876,000
- County product change over the prior year, Charleston County7.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Charleston County$117,050
Every figure in this section is published for Charleston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kiawah Island. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Kiawah Island questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kiawah Island, South Carolina?
2,326, in 1,211 households. Kiawah Island town covers 11.17 square miles of land, which is 208 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kiawah Island in?
Charleston County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Kiawah Island?
$213,594. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $2,000,001. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Kiawah Island figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Charleston County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Kiawah Island.
Is zoning published for Kiawah Island?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.