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Calabash, NC

2,117 Population
4.4 square miles 481.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 49.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$28,470 ±$5,457 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $32,730 ±$576
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $34,209 ±$175
$43,558 ±$20,886 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $57,489 ±$1,222
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $60,516 ±$353

24.7% ±9.8% (522  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.8% 60,381 (±0.7% / ±3,065)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.7% 1,379,672 (±0.2% / ±18,811)

20.1 minutes ±9.6 (14,795  ±3,928) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 23.1 4,220,015 (±0.3 / ±82,867)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 108,494,690 (±0.1 / ±490,242)

Families

1,031 ±199 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 192,421 ±1,869
  • North Carolina: 4,034,684 ±9,031
2.1 ±0.6 (2,117  ±390) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.5 473,136 (±0 / ±1,341)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,103,771 (±0)

3.8% ±5.4% (14  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 3.7% † 3,425 (±0.5% / ±469)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 124,231 (±0.1% / ±2,985)

Housing

1,637 ±250 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 289,848 ±516
  • North Carolina: 4,673,933 ±548

$141,400 ±$24,114 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: $209,900 ±$3,514
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $197,500 ±$750

12.9% ±5.1% (271  ±117.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.4% 59,133 (±0.6% / ±2,685.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14.1% 1,450,883 (±0.1% / ±14,334)

Social

84.8% ±20.7% (1,469  ±235) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 91.6% 334,499 (±1.3% / ±4,586.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89% 6,308,190 (±0.3% / ±20,630.4)
21.9% ±4.4% (379  ±103.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 26.6% 97,118 (±0.7% / ±2,478.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 33% 2,339,163 (±0.2% / ±12,758.5)

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

3.6% ±2.5% (77  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 26,339 (±0.3% / ±1,483)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 845,983 (±0.1% / ±7,686)

12.5% ±3.7% (236  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 10.5% 41,471 (±0.3% / ±1,340)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8% 637,790 (±0.1% / ±6,230)
236 Total veterans ±85 224 Male ±81 12 Female ±14

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