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Conway, SC

26,082 Population
24.7 square miles 1,056.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 48.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,243 ±$2,304 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $36,572 ±$833
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$54,841 ±$5,668 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $64,623 ±$1,669
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

20.3% ±3.7% (4,342  ±787) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 12.8% 46,454 (±0.8% / ±2,926)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

22.4 minutes ±0.9 (213,910  ±18,315) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 23 3,274,885 (±0.4 / ±88,465)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

8,295 ±467 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 150,342 ±1,527
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.6 ±0.2 (21,599  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 2.4 363,025 (±0 / ±88)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

3.2% ±1.5% (236  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 3.4% † 2,523 (±0.5% / ±350)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

9,318 ±427 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 211,686 ±115
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$236,300 ±$10,708 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $260,500 ±$4,930
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

20.5% ±2.6% (5,316  ±679.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 13.2% 48,416 (±0.7% / ±2,652.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

90% ±5.1% (14,035  ±984.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 91.4% 252,963 (±1.4% / ±3,950.1)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
19.1% ±2.3% (2,984  ±384.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 26.6% 73,626 (±0.7% / ±2,041.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

3.3% ±1.3% (852  ±326) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 6.6% 24,452
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7.4% ±1.6% (1,590  ±352) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 9.3% 28,256 (±0.4% / ±1,267)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
1,590 Total veterans ±352 1,411 Male ±294 179 Female ±152

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