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Myrtle Beach, SC

37,214 Population
23.4 square miles 1,589.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 48.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,225 ±$2,501 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $36,572 ±$833
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$53,679 ±$4,658 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

16.9% ±2.6% (6,258  ±966) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 12.8% 46,454 (±0.8% / ±2,926)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

18.5 minutes ±0.8 (286,660  ±21,828) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 23 3,274,885 (±0.4 / ±88,465)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

17,250 ±699 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 150,342 ±1,527
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.1 (37,035  ±56) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 2.4 363,025 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

3% ±1.3% (225  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of 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

24,467 ±560 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 211,686 ±115
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$347,700 ±$26,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $260,500 ±$4,930
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

15.4% ±2.9% (5,696  ±1,075) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 13.2% 48,416 (±0.7% / ±2,652.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

91.5% ±4% (26,477  ±1,388.8) 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)
34.1% ±2.5% (9,873  ±777.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 26.6% 73,626 (±0.7% / ±2,041.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

12% ±2.1% (4,446  ±773) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 6.6% 24,452
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7.3% ±1% (2,254  ±325) 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)
2,254 Total veterans ±325 2,002 Male ±290 252 Female ±107

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