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Comparing Isle of Palms vs Hilton Head Island vs Mount Pleasant

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Headline numbers

Isle of Palms

SC

$8,375

YoY change
Vacancy
90.8%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
6.5%

Hilton Head Island

SC

$3,120

YoY change
+0.8%
Vacancy
46.9%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
21.3%

Mount Pleasant

SC

$2,380

YoY change
+2.7%
Vacancy
13.3%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
26.4%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Isle of Palms vs Hilton Head Island vs Mount Pleasant

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric Isle of PalmsHilton Head IslandMount Pleasant
Median household income $156,979$94,657$124,755
Median age 54.659.842.6
Renter household share 6.5%21.3%26.4%
YoY rent change +0.8%+2.7%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.