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Sunset Beach, NC

3,994 Population
7 square miles 573.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 48.8 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,966 ±$6,344 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $30,616 ±$576
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $31,993 ±$182
$61,458 ±$16,914 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $53,832 ±$1,091
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $56,642 ±$280

10.1% ±5.2% (403  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 13.4% 63,586 (±0.7% / ±3,395)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,411,939 (±0.2% / ±17,543)

21.9 minutes ±11.7 (20,495  ±6,556) 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

2,079 ±200 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
1.9 ±0.2 (3,994  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.4 475,733 (±0 / ±666)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,106,940 (±0)

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

Housing

5,019 ±336 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 302,532 ±285
  • North Carolina: 4,687,122 ±852

$255,500 ±$59,388 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $195,700 ±$2,968
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $182,100 ±$839

16.7% ±7.8% (665  ±309.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.9% 61,630 (±0.6% / ±2,976.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.6% 1,496,591 (±0.2% / ±15,929.9)

Social

98.9% ±13.7% (3,568  ±513.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 91% 333,288 (±1.3% / ±4,877.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.5% 6,281,557 (±0.3% / ±20,959.4)
42.6% ±7.5% (1,536  ±276.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 25.7% 94,268 (±0.7% / ±2,501.3)
  • about 1.3 times 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

2.1% ±1.7% (83  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.7% 27,387 (±0.4% / ±2,070)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 832,602 (±0.1% / ±8,840)

10% ±2.6% (373  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 10.5% 41,923 (±0.4% / ±1,386)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 654,365 (±0.1% / ±6,072)
373 Total veterans ±99 354 Male ±96 19 Female ±22

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