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Population (year 2000): 4,583. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,579 (-0.1% change)
Males: 2,271 (49.6%), Females: 2,312 (50.4%)
Charleston County
Zip code:
29451
Median resident age: 44.9 years
Median household income: $76,170 (year 2000)
Median house value: $423,100 (year 2000)
Races in Isle of Palms:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.3%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (20.9%), German (17.4%),
Irish (15.1%), United States (8.9%), Scotch-Irish (6.7%),
Italian (5.3%).
Elevation: 3 feet
Land area: 4.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Isle of Palms
- High school or higher: 96.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 59.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 24.9%
- Unemployed: 1.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Isle of Palms city
- Never married: 19.9%
- Now married: 65.2%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 5.2%
- Divorced: 7.7%
4.5% Foreign born (2.2% Europe, 1.0% North
America, 0.7% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +882 (+23.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Isle of Palms:
- EAST COOPER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles;
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC)
- CHARLESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 12 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC)
- ROPER HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; CHARLESTON, SC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Isle
of Palms:
- CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (about 20 miles; CHARLESTON, SC;
ID: CHS)
- BEAUFORT MCAS /MERRITT FIELD/ (about 70 miles;
BEAUFORT, SC; ID: NBC)
- HILTON HEAD (about 75 miles; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC;
ID: HXD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Isle of Palms:
- EAST COOPER (about 6 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, SC; ID:
8S5)
- CHARLESTON EXECUTIVE (about 18 miles; CHARLESTON,
SC; ID: JZI)
- BERKELEY COUNTY (about 33 miles; MONCKS CORNER, SC;
ID: 50J)
Amtrak station near Isle of Palms:
- 18 miles: CHARLESTON (N. CHARLESTON, 4565 GAYNOR
AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, vending machines, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental
service, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Isle of Palms:
- CITADEL MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (about 8
miles; CHARLESTON, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,701)
- COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (about 12 miles; CHARLESTON,
SC; FT enrollment: 9,756)
- MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (about 13
miles; CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,162)
- CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (about 20 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,191)
- TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 5,925)
- SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 85 miles;
ORANGEBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,971)
- COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; CONWAY,
SC; FT enrollment: 4,067)
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