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Calabash, NC

1,680 Population
3.3 square miles 503.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.2 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 47.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$21,723 ±$3,526 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $28,131 ±$443
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $29,456 ±$143
$29,866 ±$8,853 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $49,816 ±$693
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $52,413 ±$224

17% ±7.6% (286  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 15.4% 67,870 (±0.7% / ±3,251)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 15.4% 1,523,949 (±0.2% / ±15,319)

27.9 minutes ±7 (16,665  ±7,152) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 22.8 4,076,960 (±0.4 / ±85,176)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 107,805,790 (±0.1 / ±523,091)

Families

841 ±151 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 182,812 ±1,402
  • North Carolina: 3,918,597 ±8,585
2 ±0.2 (1,680  ±356) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.4 442,666 (±0 / ±457)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,882,910 (±0)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,584 ±205 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 288,964 ±214
  • North Carolina: 4,573,066 ±829

$121,900 ±$18,960 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $179,300 ±$2,243
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $165,900 ±$470

7.7% ±3.4% (130  ±63.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 15.1% 67,099 (±0.7% / ±3,221.2)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 15.3% 1,531,018 (±0.1% / ±13,990.5)

Social

88.4% ±21.2% (1,201  ±192.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 90% 301,662 (±1.1% / ±3,706.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 87.4% 6,011,908 (±0.3% / ±17,962.2)
16.3% ±3.7% (221  ±63.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 25.1% 83,985 (±0.6% / ±1,889.4)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 30.5% 2,099,206 (±0.2% / ±10,598.6)

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

2.9% ±1.9% (49  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 24,660 (±0.2% / ±1,043)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 799,616 (±0.1% / ±5,938)

13.9% ±5.2% (196  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 11.3% 41,465 (±0.3% / ±1,132)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 667,696 (±0.1% / ±4,959)
196 Total veterans ±82 189 Male ±82 7 Female ±11

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