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Carolina Forest, SC

26,373 Population
16.8 square miles 1,568.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 48.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,209 ±$4,843 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $36,572 ±$833
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$70,647 ±$3,599 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $64,623 ±$1,669
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

14% ±5.2% (3,681  ±1,397) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 12.8% 46,454 (±0.8% / ±2,926)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

22 minutes ±1.7 (241,650  ±33,010) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 23 3,274,885 (±0.4 / ±88,465)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

9,674 ±643 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 150,342 ±1,527
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.7 ±0.2 (26,247  ±2,276) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 2.4 363,025 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

6.9% ±2.6% (463  ±187) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 3.4% † 2,523 (±0.5% / ±350)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

10,656 ±646 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 211,686 ±115
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$298,700 ±$25,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $260,500 ±$4,930
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

13.8% ±2.9% (3,580  ±819.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 13.2% 48,416 (±0.7% / ±2,652.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

94.6% ±11.3% (17,247  ±1,428.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 91.4% 252,963 (±1.4% / ±3,950.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
34.2% ±3.4% (6,240  ±824.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 26.6% 73,626 (±0.7% / ±2,041.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.8% ±2.6% (3,100  ±743) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 6.6% 24,452
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

6.3% ±1.5% (1,294  ±322) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 9.3% 28,256 (±0.4% / ±1,267)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
1,294 Total veterans ±322 1,098 Male ±314 196 Female ±114

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