Social Fabric

Respondents were asked to respond to a question about Hilton Head Island’s future social fabric. The question was: ‘The population of Hilton Head Island is aging. In terms of future population mix and demographics, how would you like Hilton Head Island to be in 2040?’

Scale: 1= An ideal active-aging and healthy retirement community; 10=More diverse, mixed-age community attractive to families and younger professionals.

Key things to note:

The combined data of all respondents shows a clear desire to build more of a ‘diverse, mixed-age community attractive to families and younger professionals’, with over 60% of respondents at that end of the continuum.
Using the filters, this figure jumps to over 90% of respondents when the 10-50 years age groups are selected. This suggests that this topic is of deep interest to the younger cohorts, and could be instrumental in their future view of the community.
The 50-80+ year cohorts were distributed evenly, with about 45% leaning to the ‘An ideal active-aging and healthy retirement community’ end of the continuum, but most responses in this age group were clustered around the mid-point (responses 4-8 on scale).

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More Information

For more information, and to engage in further discussion regarding the Hilton Head Island – Our Future project, please contact:

Emily Sparks, Project Lead
Town of Hilton Head Island
Phone: 843.341.4683
emilys@hiltonheadislandsc.gov