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Sunset Beach, NC

4,091 Population
7 square miles 587.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 49.4 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$45,962 ±$5,097 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $32,730 ±$576
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $34,209 ±$175
$67,083 ±$17,614 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $57,489 ±$1,222
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $60,516 ±$353

9.6% ±4.6% (391  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.8% 60,381 (±0.7% / ±3,065)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.7% 1,379,672 (±0.2% / ±18,811)

21.8 minutes ±10.4 (19,615  ±5,595) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 23.1 4,220,015 (±0.3 / ±82,867)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 108,494,690 (±0.1 / ±490,242)

Families

2,184 ±187 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
1.9 ±0.2 (4,091  ±20) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.5 473,136 (±0 / ±1,341)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,103,771 (±0)

3.3% ±4.4% (17  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 3.7% † 3,425 (±0.5% / ±469)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 124,231 (±0.1% / ±2,985)

Housing

4,830 ±271 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 289,848 ±516
  • North Carolina: 4,673,933 ±548

$281,900 ±$52,335 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: $209,900 ±$3,514
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $197,500 ±$750

15.7% ±5.7% (643  ±232.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent 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 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.1% 1,450,883 (±0.1% / ±14,334)

Social

99.3% ±12.5% (3,727  ±486.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 91.6% 334,499 (±1.3% / ±4,586.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89% 6,308,190 (±0.3% / ±20,630.4)
46.3% ±7.2% (1,739  ±277.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 26.6% 97,118 (±0.7% / ±2,478.1)
  • about 1.4 times 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

3.1% ±1.8% (126  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 26,339 (±0.3% / ±1,483)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 845,983 (±0.1% / ±7,686)

9.7% ±3% (372  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 10.5% 41,471 (±0.3% / ±1,340)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8% 637,790 (±0.1% / ±6,230)
372 Total veterans ±114 347 Male ±108 25 Female ±24

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