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Myrtle Beach--North Myrtle Beach, SC--NC Urban Area

325,829 Population
218.8 square miles 1,489.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,560 ±$2,264 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$68,545 ±$3,846 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.3% ±1.7% (39,122  ±5,470) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.8 minutes ±0.3 (2,415,805  ±165,970) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

147,234 ±4,892 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (318,499  ±10,502) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.5% ±1.9% (2,708  ±1,135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

211,253 ±4,643 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$342,400 ±$10,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.1% ±1.9% (49,100  ±6,257.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.3% ±2.2% (237,138  ±9,053.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
33.3% ±1.8% (84,571  ±5,250.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

6.6% ±0.9% (21,394  ±2,972) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

9.2% ±0.9% (25,508  ±2,706) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
25,508 Total veterans ±2,706 22,702 Male ±2,266 2,806 Female ±1,172

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