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Sunset Beach, NC

3,901 Population
6.8 square miles 576.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.2 ±2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 48.1 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$39,628 ±$4,166 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $29,654 ±$423
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $30,783 ±$154
$57,265 ±$4,203 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $52,660 ±$722
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $54,602 ±$231

8.6% ±3.6% (336  ±140) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 14.1% 64,409 (±0.7% / ±3,026)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,467,591 (±0.2% / ±17,884)

29.5 minutes ±14.3 (17,950  ±5,678) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 22.9 4,228,665 (±0.3 / ±83,382)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.8 111,158,735 (±0.1 / ±446,673)

Families

2,014 ±155 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
1.9 ±0.2 (3,901  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.5 458,571 (±0 / ±464)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,987,956 (±0)

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

Housing

5,318 ±255 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 295,290 ±216
  • North Carolina: 4,627,089 ±676

$267,900 ±$18,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $189,100 ±$2,442
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $172,500 ±$438

17.4% ±6.3% (679  ±244.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 14.4% 66,043 (±0.6% / ±2,932.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 15.2% 1,543,434 (±0.2% / ±15,840.9)

Social

98.1% ±8% (3,436  ±318.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 90.1% 315,841 (±1.1% / ±3,696.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,130,463 (±0.3% / ±18,865.8)
48.2% ±6.1% (1,690  ±224.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 25.5% 89,334 (±0.6% / ±1,963.8)
  • about 1.5 times 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

3.1% ±2.4% (122  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about three-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 two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 822,764 (±0.1% / ±7,421)

15.6% ±3% (573  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 11% 41,887 (±0.3% / ±1,230)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 659,584 (±0.1% / ±6,241)
573 Total veterans ±110 566 Male ±108 7 Female ±13

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