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Calabash, NC

1,710 Population
3.3 square miles 512.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.3 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 48.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$21,893 ±$3,932 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $29,654 ±$423
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $30,783 ±$154
$32,167 ±$6,339 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $52,660 ±$722
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $54,602 ±$231

25.3% ±13.6% (432  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 14.1% 64,409 (±0.7% / ±3,026)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,467,591 (±0.2% / ±17,884)

26.9 minutes ±5.4 (14,400  ±5,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 22.9 4,228,665 (±0.3 / ±83,382)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.8 111,158,735 (±0.1 / ±446,673)

Families

812 ±112 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 187,199 ±1,667
  • North Carolina: 3,965,482 ±10,327
2.1 ±0.3 (1,710  ±339) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.5 458,571 (±0 / ±464)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,987,956 (±0)

9% ±12.9% (28  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 4.4% † 4,073 (±0.6% / ±514)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 123,554 (±0.1% / ±2,927)

Housing

1,574 ±199 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 295,290 ±216
  • North Carolina: 4,627,089 ±676

$139,300 ±$10,790 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $189,100 ±$2,442
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $172,500 ±$438

11.3% ±4.8% (192  ±89.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 14.4% 66,043 (±0.6% / ±2,932.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 15.2% 1,543,434 (±0.2% / ±15,840.9)

Social

89.8% ±2.5% (1,200  ±172) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 90.1% 315,841 (±1.1% / ±3,696.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,130,463 (±0.3% / ±18,865.8)
18.4% ±5% (246  ±75.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 25.5% 89,334 (±0.6% / ±1,963.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,182,853 (±0.2% / ±11,120.3)

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

2.4% ±1.4% (41  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 25,728 (±0.3% / ±1,418)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 822,764 (±0.1% / ±7,421)

12% ±3.3% (170  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 11% 41,887 (±0.3% / ±1,230)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 659,584 (±0.1% / ±6,241)
170 Total veterans ±54 165 Male ±52 5 Female ±9

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