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Calabash, NC

1,503 Population
3.3 square miles 450.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.7 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 46.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$22,842 ±$3,531 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $26,909 ±$425
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $28,123 ±$130
$42,107 ±$5,852 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $47,732 ±$870
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $50,320 ±$204

18.2% ±8.2% (273  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 16.2% 68,992 (±0.8% / ±3,350)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 16.2% 1,579,871 (±0.2% / ±17,833)

27 minutes ±5.6 (13,475  ±4,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 22.5 3,943,685 (±0.4 / ±82,055)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.3 105,134,780 (±0.1 / ±496,041)

Families

767 ±129 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 178,272 ±1,609
  • North Carolina: 3,874,346 ±8,789
2 ±0.2 (1,503  ±283) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.4 428,372 (±0 / ±481)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,784,981 (±0)

3.5% ±5.3% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.1% † 4,494 (±0.6% / ±513)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 121,971 (±0.1% / ±2,930)

Housing

1,535 ±171 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 282,931 ±230
  • North Carolina: 4,521,697 ±693

$121,900 ±$19,838 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: $172,200 ±$1,720
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $161,000 ±$389

13.1% ±6.4% (197  ±103.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 16.1% 68,904 (±0.8% / ±3,208.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 15.3% 1,515,401 (±0.2% / ±14,489.4)

Social

89.1% ±19.4% (1,052  ±160.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 89.2% 287,144 (±1.1% / ±3,417.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 86.9% 5,894,354 (±0.3% / ±17,098.6)
21.3% ±5.1% (252  ±71.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 24.5% 78,723 (±0.6% / ±1,795.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 29.9% 2,025,716 (±0.2% / ±10,337.5)

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

4.2% ±3.6% (63  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.7% 24,697 (±0.3% / ±1,422)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 787,971 (±0.1% / ±6,755)

14% ±4.2% (173  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 11.7% 41,130 (±0.3% / ±1,135)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 670,326 (±0.1% / ±5,005)
173 Total veterans ±59 147 Male ±45 26 Female ±36

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