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Census Tract 509.02, Horry, SC

3,942 Population
2.7 square miles 1,451.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Myrtle Beach: 47.3 ±2.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Horry County: 48.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$24,626 ±$5,869 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Myrtle Beach: $42,969 ±$3,411
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Horry County: $38,025 ±$913
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$36,841 ±$1,518 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Myrtle Beach: $60,394 ±$3,850
  • about half the amount in Horry County: $66,880 ±$1,763
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

29.9% ±8.9% (1,180  ±428) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Myrtle Beach: 19% † 7,263 (±2.4% / ±913)
  • more than double the rate in Horry County: 13.2% 49,738 (±0.8% / ±2,844)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

15.7 minutes ±6 (22,005  ±5,330) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Myrtle Beach: 17.7 272,775 (±0.5 / ±18,750)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Horry County: 23.1 3,342,205 (±0.5 / ±100,049)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

1,663 ±370 Number of households
  • Myrtle Beach: 17,623 ±665
  • Horry County: 158,779 ±1,593
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.4 ±0.7 (3,942  ±815) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Myrtle Beach: 2.2 38,191 (±0.1 / ±126)
  • about the same as the figure in Horry County: 2.4 376,205 (±0 / ±87)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

6.1% ±6.5% (47  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Myrtle Beach: 5.3% † 422 (±2.5% / ±204)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Horry County: 4.2% † 3,165 (±0.7% / ±507)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

1,918 ±374 Number of housing units
  • Myrtle Beach: 24,419 ±572
  • Horry County: 217,419 ±130
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$113,300 ±$2,656 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Myrtle Beach: $388,800 ±$34,009
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Horry County: $287,700 ±$4,754
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

8.5% ±5% (332  ±204.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Myrtle Beach: 15.8% † 6,029 (±2.9% / ±1,093)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Horry County: 12.9% 48,967 (±0.7% / ±2,690.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

81.4% ±9.7% (2,257  ±514.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Myrtle Beach: 92.4% 27,421 (±4.5% / ±1,507)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Horry County: 91.9% 264,858 (±1.6% / ±4,489)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
8.8% ±4.9% (243  ±144.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Myrtle Beach: 33.5% 9,943 (±2.6% / ±821.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Horry County: 27.2% 78,211 (±0.9% / ±2,495.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

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

31.2% ±13% (1,228  ±571) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Myrtle Beach: 10.8% † 4,134 (±2% / ±776)
  • more than double the rate in Horry County: 6.7% 25,571
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

8.1% ±2.9% (233  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Myrtle Beach: 7.4% † 2,364 (±1.1% / ±364)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Horry County: 8.9% 28,326 (±0.4% / ±1,341)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
233 Total veterans ±94 146 Male ±86 87 Female ±93

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