Conditions & Trends Assessment

The Town of Hilton Head Island Conditions and Trends Assessment is the result of the Island's pursuit of excellence in serving the community through decision-making based on these facts and trends.

Town Council named the establishment of a Growth Management Strategy as one of the top 15 priorities for the town. The assessment was a key primary step to help shape that strategy. As a living document, the Conditions and Trends Assessment will be updated regularly to continuously monitor community datapoints, benchmarks and indicators for the Town of Hilton Head Island.

The report and dataset are designed to enhance the community's shared understanding of current and emergent issues. This assessment will be used in several ways including:

Provide a common starting point

• Add context to community conversations with respect local and regional trends
• Connect key information; share source data and resources
• Remove the mystery on community needs, gaps, or opportunities

Inform future plans and studies

• Provide base set of findings to help initially focus and direct work
• Accelerate the data assembly process with ready-made resources, tables, maps, and other resources
• Uncover pressing or emergent issues, opportunities, and/or needs
• Synchronize data across multiple planning efforts, departments, and community partners

Measure progress

• Take a moment-in-time "snapshot" of the Island across multiple trends
• Measure progress or movement against this benchmark
• Evaluate policy effectiveness
• Quantify short and long-term impacts of major projects

The Conditions and Trends Assessment pulls together benchmark community information and statistics in 10 key topic areas including:

View the Conditions and Trends Assessment

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