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

348,669 Population
219 square miles 1,592.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,650 ±$1,547 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$71,920 ±$3,249 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.4% ±2% (45,382  ±6,978) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.9 minutes ±1.6 (3,057,835  ±260,270) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

153,208 ±4,972 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (339,479  ±9,030) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.5% ±2.4% (4,577  ±1,471) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

216,504 ±4,350 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$356,400 ±$9,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.4% ±1.7% (46,300  ±6,101.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±2.2% (252,380  ±8,937) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.8% ±1.8% (85,629  ±5,342.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.2% ±1.4% (25,232  ±4,741) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.7% ±0.9% (25,917  ±2,677) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
25,917 Total veterans ±2,677 22,939 Male ±2,509 2,978 Female ±891

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