Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,652, settled in 1950. Public schools that outperform most of South Carolina.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades C+, ranked 74th of 167 in South Carolina. Its schools outperform 86% of the state's. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $513K, 6 years of the Charleston metro’s $85K median household income. Hollywood’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both the South Carolina town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On civic life, just 6 of South Carolina’s 152 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Dungannon Plantation Heritage Preserve, at 840 acres.
Where Hollywood beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Baptist Hill High | 6–12 | 507 |
4,714 counted in 2010 and 5,339 in 2020; an estimated 5,652 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 6.9% since 2020, after 13.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Hollywood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Stono River Slave Rebellion Site is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 246 in 1950, 5,339 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1919 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hollywood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi MuseumH. L. Hunley
Big draw17 mi MuseumUSS Yorktown
17 mi MuseumUSS Laffey
8 mi Park & preserveAngel Oak
19 mi LandmarkFort Wagner
16 mi DamThe BatteryH. L. Hunley: Sepia wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1902, after a painting then held by the Con, Public domain · USS Yorktown: David Ratledge, CC BY 4.0 · USS Laffey: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Angel Oak: Galen Parks Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wagner: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · The Battery: Eagledj, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hollywood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Hollywood.
Hollywood carries more natural-hazard risk than most of South Carolina (mostly hurricanes), but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of South Carolina and has commutes longer than most of South Carolina.
At 6 years of the Charleston metro’s $85K median household income, the typical home (about $513K) costs more against local pay than in 92% of South Carolina towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,924, against $1,251 across South Carolina, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Hollywood’s median rent is $1,625 a month. Only 7 of the 169 South Carolina towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Hollywood. The typical Hollywood home is worth about $513,000, about the same as a year ago, 69% above the South Carolina typical home.
| Hollywood | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,625 a month | $1,058 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Charleston 01 school district. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Baptist Hill High, with 507 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Hill HighLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 507 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of South Carolina towns, with expected losses of about $1,045 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 2015, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hollywood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 2,346 working residents takes 34.5 minutes, against 25.6 across South Carolina. Jobs based here grew from 544 in 2013 to 854.
Most working residents leave Hollywood for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Hollywood has added 310 jobs, to 854 in 2023. 12% of residents live below the poverty line in Hollywood.
| Hollywood | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 29% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Hollywood is 53 years. Hollywood has grown 6.9% since 2020, to 5,652 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Hollywood | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 years | 38.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 23% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across South Carolina, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Hollywood | SC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 2.8% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 12.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.3% | 28.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.4% | 19.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.2% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.1% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Hollywood has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 38° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.6 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dungannon Plantation Heritage Preserve | — | 840 |
| 2. Wide Awake Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Pineland Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hollywood beats the South Carolina average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 18% of Hollywood adults have diabetes. Among 169 South Carolina towns, just 5 have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Hollywood.
| Hollywood | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 40% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Hollywood | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 19.5% | 22.3% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 14.5% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 5.1% | 3.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hollywood
About 3 of every 100 Hollywood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
Where Hollywood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in South Carolina, United States
Hollywood is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hollywood had a population of 5,339. Hollywood is part of the Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area.
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4 towns share a border with Hollywood.
| Town | SC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood | #74 | C+ | C− | — | A | B− |
| Charleston | #57 | B− | C− | C− | B+ | A |
| Meggett | — | — | C− | — | A | C+ |
| Ravenel | #11 | A | A− | — | A | B |
| Adams Run | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Meggett has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hollywood, Meggett and Ravenel report no FBI crime data of their own. Adams Run isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hollywood with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hollywood grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #74 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades B− for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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