Hilton Head Gardens Apartments

• Apartments: 112, all Section 8
• Income limit: 60 percent of area median income
• Rent: 30 percent of the household’s income
• Where: 11 Southwood Park Drive, north end

Hilton Head Gardens is an apartment complex of 112 Section 8 apartments at 11 Southwood Park Drive, on the north end of Hilton Head Island. Every apartment is restricted to households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income, and tenants pay 30 percent of their income as rent. It is a place to live, not a hotel: if you were looking for the Hilton Garden Inn, see Hilton Garden Inn Hilton Head, on US 278 on the Bluffton side of the bridges.

Applying at Hilton Head Gardens, Hilton Head SC

Applications go through the management office, on (843) 681-2911; ask whether the waiting list is open and what papers you need to show your income. For a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher to rent elsewhere on the island, go to the Beaufort Housing Authority, which runs the voucher program for Hilton Head from its office down the street at 8 Southwood Park Drive, (843) 681-5309.

Living at Hilton Head Gardens

Most of its Google reviews are several years old. A neighbour who walks a dog there every day says the grounds feel safe and the residents are friendly, while a former tenant describes dated apartments, thin walls and mold, and strict rules from management. Aquatera, a market-rate complex, is next door.

Hilton Head’s other income-restricted option is Northpoint on Jarvis Creek, workforce housing for full-time island workers that opens in early 2027. Every complex on the island is on our Hilton Head apartments for rent page.