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Sunset Beach, NC

3,769 Population
6.8 square miles 556.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 46.5 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$36,429 ±$3,542 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $26,909 ±$425
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $28,123 ±$130
$56,689 ±$7,374 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $47,732 ±$870
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $50,320 ±$204

7.8% ±3.1% (291  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 16.2% 68,992 (±0.8% / ±3,350)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 16.2% 1,579,871 (±0.2% / ±17,833)

25 minutes ±11.9 (19,730  ±6,111) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 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)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.3 105,134,780 (±0.1 / ±496,041)

Families

1,851 ±103 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 ±0.1 (3,769  ±21) 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 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,784,981 (±0)

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

Housing

5,157 ±212 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 282,931 ±230
  • North Carolina: 4,521,697 ±693

$263,300 ±$19,777 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $172,200 ±$1,720
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $161,000 ±$389

23.4% ±9.2% (882  ±345.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 16.1% 68,904 (±0.8% / ±3,208.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 15.3% 1,515,401 (±0.2% / ±14,489.4)

Social

97.7% ±8.8% (3,331  ±335) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 89.2% 287,144 (±1.1% / ±3,417.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 86.9% 5,894,354 (±0.3% / ±17,098.6)
49.6% ±6.9% (1,691  ±247.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 24.5% 78,723 (±0.6% / ±1,795.1)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

1.9% ±1.2% (71  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.7% 24,697 (±0.3% / ±1,422)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 787,971 (±0.1% / ±6,755)

18.7% ±4.2% (653  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 11.7% 41,130 (±0.3% / ±1,135)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 670,326 (±0.1% / ±5,005)
653 Total veterans ±148 641 Male ±142 12 Female ±21

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