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Census Tract 517, Horry, SC

1,851 Population
2.7 square miles 692.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Myrtle Beach: 47.3 ±2.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Horry County: 48.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,089 ±$5,907 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Myrtle Beach: $42,969 ±$3,411
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Horry County: $38,025 ±$913
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$42,473 ±$4,870 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Myrtle Beach: $60,394 ±$3,850
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Horry County: $66,880 ±$1,763
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

7.2% ±6.8% (134  ±130) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Myrtle Beach: 19% † 7,263 (±2.4% / ±913)
  • about half the rate in Horry County: 13.2% 49,738 (±0.8% / ±2,844)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

24.8 minutes ±6.1 (16,510  ±6,784) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Myrtle Beach: 17.7 272,775 (±0.5 / ±18,750)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Horry County: 23.1 3,342,205 (±0.5 / ±100,049)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

955 ±200 Number of households
  • Myrtle Beach: 17,623 ±665
  • Horry County: 158,779 ±1,593
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
1.9 ±0.1 (1,851  ±405) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Myrtle Beach: 2.2 38,191 (±0.1 / ±126)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Horry County: 2.4 376,205 (±0 / ±87)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

7.2% ±9.4% (17  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Myrtle Beach: 5.3% † 422 (±2.5% / ±204)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Horry County: 4.2% † 3,165 (±0.7% / ±507)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

4,313 ±312 Number of housing units
  • Myrtle Beach: 24,419 ±572
  • Horry County: 217,419 ±130
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$293,800 ±$62,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Myrtle Beach: $388,800 ±$34,009
  • about the same as the amount in Horry County: $287,700 ±$4,754
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

11.6% ±6% (212  ±119) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Myrtle Beach: 15.8% † 6,029 (±2.9% / ±1,093)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Horry County: 12.9% 48,967 (±0.7% / ±2,690.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

96.3% ±26.2% (1,622  ±270.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Myrtle Beach: 92.4% 27,421 (±4.5% / ±1,507)
  • a little higher than the rate in Horry County: 91.9% 264,858 (±1.6% / ±4,489)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
29.1% ±6% (490  ±145.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Myrtle Beach: 33.5% 9,943 (±2.6% / ±821.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Horry County: 27.2% 78,211 (±0.9% / ±2,495.2)
  • about 90 percent 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

5.7% ±3.4% (106  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Myrtle Beach: 10.8% † 4,134 (±2% / ±776)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Horry County: 6.7% 25,571
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

11.3% ±6.1% (192  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Myrtle Beach: 7.4% † 2,364 (±1.1% / ±364)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Horry County: 8.9% 28,326 (±0.4% / ±1,341)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
192 Total veterans ±112 141 Male ±75 51 Female ±50

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