Friendly and fascinating people retire to Hilton Head from all over the world. These include many accomplished business leaders, educators and a large and growing community of artists. It’s easy to make friends on Hilton Head Island because residents share a bond of living in an ideal place for retirement. You can choose to retire in a community that is unrestricted by age or you can live in one of the area’s seniors-only communities. To learn more about why Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and Okatie planned and gated communities are excellent places to retire, see the Gated Communities Features and Benefits section of this website.

You will enjoy a great general convenience when you retire to Hilton Head. The beaches, entertainment, stores, restaurants and hospitals are all close by. Learn more about the area’s comprehensive medical services, hospitals, assisted living and continuing care residences and find links to their websites in the section of this website entitled: Questions and Answers About Hilton Head Retirement.

Travel in and to this area is easy. Savannah, Georgia and Beaufort, South Carolina are one hour away from Hilton Head by car; Charleston, South Carolina is 2 hours away; Jacksonville, Florida is 3 hours away; Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta Georgia are 4.5 hours by car. The Hilton Head Airport support has private planes and commuter flights. The Hilton Head-Savannah International Airport has large jets, many more flights and is just a 45-minute drive from Hilton Head Island. All of the drive times stated are 15-30 minutes less for residents of Bluffton or Okatie.