Economic Focus

Respondents were asked to respond to a question about Hilton Head Island’s economic focus. The question was: The economy on Hilton Head Island is driven by tourism, retirement and associated industries. This is strongly driven by the Island’s position and reputation as a world class resort destination and retirement destination. In terms of economic focus, how would you like Hilton Head Island to be in 2040?

Scale: 1= Maintain existing focus on tourism and retirement related industries; 10= Diversify the economy to help attract young professionals and ‘start up’ companies.

Key things to note:

The 10-50 year age groups were strongly orientated to the concept of diversifying the economy to help attract young professionals and ‘start up’ companies, with 80% leaning in this direction.
Those respondents not living in gated communities also leant heavily to the end of the continuum that focused on diversification of the economy.
Those respondents who self-identified as being most interested in ‘Economic and Industry issues’ also leant more heavily to the end of the continuum that focused on diversification of the economy.

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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