THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh setting.
Hilton Head Island town has 41.4 square miles of land in Beaufort County. Its Census reference point is in Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hilton Head Island and Beaufort County
Hilton Head Island is associated with Beaufort County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Hilton Head Island by land and water
The Census records 27.8 square miles of water within Hilton Head Island, or 40.2% of its total area. It is 2.6 percentage points higher than the 37.6% recorded for Beaufort County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hilton Head Island town has 4.2 times the land area of nearby Daufuskie Island CDP (9.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

