South Carolina · Census place 4538162
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Kiawah Island is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina with an estimated 2,003 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,003
- #114 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -11 people
- Land area
- 11.2 sq mi
- + 3.97 sq mi water
- Density
- 179 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Kiawah Island population, 2020 to 2024
Kiawah Island lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +21.
Kiawah Island covers 11.17 square miles of land and 3.97 of water, for 179 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Kiawah Island is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kiawah Island is in
All of Kiawah Island's residents live in Charleston County, which had 431,001 residents in 2024. Kiawah Island holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kiawah Island
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kiawah Island by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29455. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Kiawah Island is
The Census internal point of Kiawah Island is at 32.616400, -80.060600. Columbia, the capital, is 111.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Folly Beach, SC (2,084 people), 6.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charleston, SC, 15.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.616400, -80.060600
- DMS
- 32°36'59.04"N 80°03'38.16"W
- UTM
- 17N 588134.3E 3609151.8N
- Geohash
- djz1d1tsk
- Plus code
- 864XJW8Q+HQ
Daylight in Kiawah Island
At 32.62° N, Kiawah Island gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kiawah Island
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Folly Beach, 6.9 miles away, with 2,084 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kiawah Island, SC?
2,003 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.5%) from 2,014 in July 2020.
What county is Kiawah Island in?
Charleston County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kiawah Island?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29455.
How far is Kiawah Island from Columbia?
111.0 miles (178.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Kiawah Island.
What is the nearest larger city to Kiawah Island?
Folly Beach, SC, with 2,084 residents, 6.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.