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Georgetown, SC

8,511 Population
7 square miles 1,217.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 51.6 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,776 ±$6,637 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $43,928 ±$3,197
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$57,704 ±$4,835 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $66,734 ±$3,507
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

15.8% ±4.6% (1,296  ±378) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 14.4% † 9,157 (±2% / ±1,275)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

21.1 minutes ±2.1 (76,380  ±11,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 28.4 656,670 (±1.3 / ±43,910)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

3,799 ±314 Number of households
  • the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 26,593 ±732
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.2 (8,217  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 2.4 63,582 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

2.5% ±2.7% (47  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 4.9% † 567 (±1.6% / ±185)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

4,596 ±351 Number of housing units
  • the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 36,704 ±40
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$158,600 ±$27,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $262,300 ±$20,313
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

10.3% ±4.2% (865  ±354.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 11.8% † 7,486 (±1.6% / ±1,043.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

91.8% ±9.8% (5,940  ±716.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 91.9% 44,809 (±3.1% / ±1,531.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
28.6% ±5.1% (1,849  ±345.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 32.5% 15,840 (±1.8% / ±862)
  • about 90 percent 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% ±2.4% (281  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 2.9% 1,872
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7.1% ±2.4% (512  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 9.9% 5,250 (±0.9% / ±469)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
512 Total veterans ±172 490 Male ±167 22 Female ±31

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