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Calabash, NC

2,057 Population
4.4 square miles 467.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.9 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 48.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,693 ±$3,949 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $30,616 ±$576
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $31,993 ±$182
$36,936 ±$11,958 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $53,832 ±$1,091
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $56,642 ±$280

25.8% ±12.6% (531  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 13.4% 63,586 (±0.7% / ±3,395)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,411,939 (±0.2% / ±17,543)

21.5 minutes ±10.7 (15,440  ±4,750) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 22.9 4,303,815 (±0.4 / ±99,534)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,195,395 (±0.1 / ±535,514)

Families

959 ±199 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 195,635 ±2,063
  • North Carolina: 4,031,592 ±8,480
2.1 ±0.1 (2,057  ±433) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.4 475,733 (±0 / ±666)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,106,940 (±0)

5.2% ±7.5% (21  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 4.1% † 3,861 (±0.5% / ±439)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,139 (±0.1% / ±2,846)

Housing

1,723 ±253 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 302,532 ±285
  • North Carolina: 4,687,122 ±852

$138,000 ±$20,990 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: $195,700 ±$2,968
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $182,100 ±$839

12.2% ±5.7% (250  ±128.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.9% 61,630 (±0.6% / ±2,976.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14.6% 1,496,591 (±0.2% / ±15,929.9)

Social

84.2% ±22.6% (1,399  ±257) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 91% 333,288 (±1.3% / ±4,877.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 88.5% 6,281,557 (±0.3% / ±20,959.4)
21.1% ±4.8% (351  ±104.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 25.7% 94,268 (±0.7% / ±2,501.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 32% 2,273,890 (±0.2% / ±13,001.4)

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

2.9% ±2.1% (60  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.7% 27,387 (±0.4% / ±2,070)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 832,602 (±0.1% / ±8,840)

14.4% ±5.6% (262  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 10.5% 41,923 (±0.4% / ±1,386)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 654,365 (±0.1% / ±6,072)
262 Total veterans ±117 255 Male ±116 7 Female ±10

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