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Murrells Inlet, SC

10,087 Population
7.3 square miles 1,378.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 51.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$71,371 ±$15,561 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $43,928 ±$3,197
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$75,438 ±$12,461 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $66,734 ±$3,507
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

6.4% ±2.1% (645  ±213) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 14.4% † 9,157 (±2% / ±1,275)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

22.9 minutes ±2.8 (83,035  ±16,969) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 28.4 656,670 (±1.3 / ±43,910)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

4,692 ±396 Number of households
  • the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 26,593 ±732
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.2 (10,074  ±768) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 2.4 63,582 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

4.5% ±3.9% (62  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 4.9% † 567 (±1.6% / ±185)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

5,810 ±374 Number of housing units
  • the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 36,704 ±40
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$355,800 ±$25,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $262,300 ±$20,313
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

14.9% ±4% (1,494  ±414.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 11.8% † 7,486 (±1.6% / ±1,043.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

95.6% ±3.3% (8,211  ±675.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 91.9% 44,809 (±3.1% / ±1,531.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
42.2% ±3.7% (3,620  ±418.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 32.5% 15,840 (±1.8% / ±862)
  • about 1.3 times 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

5.9% ±2.2% (593  ±222) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 2.9% 1,872
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

14.3% ±2.8% (1,291  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 9.9% 5,250 (±0.9% / ±469)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
1,291 Total veterans ±271 1,247 Male ±263 44 Female ±42

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