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Myrtle Beach, SC

36,064 Population
23.4 square miles 1,540.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 50 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$38,086 ±$2,650 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $36,432 ±$687
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $36,072 ±$266
$50,558 ±$5,050 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $63,296 ±$1,438
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $63,623 ±$486

15.3% ±2.4% (5,480  ±853) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 12% 58,460 (±0.7% / ±3,301)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.4% 717,849 (±0.2% / ±11,836)

18.5 minutes ±1.3 (291,675  ±26,023) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 23.4 4,409,740 (±0.5 / ±108,898)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)

Families

16,201 ±619 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 203,298 ±1,678
  • South Carolina: 2,023,085 ±5,487
2.2 ±0.1 (35,902  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 2.4 489,695 (±0 / ±81)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,004,353

2.3% ±1.7% (167  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 4% † 3,764 (±0.5% / ±515)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 62,830 (±0.2% / ±2,492)

Housing

24,185 ±503 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 297,218 ±149
  • South Carolina: 2,362,253 ±501

$287,900 ±$26,592 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $247,600 ±$3,091
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $216,200 ±$1,122

14.8% ±2.7% (5,329  ±,970.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 12.4% 60,939 (±0.6% / ±2,906.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 686,178 (±0.2% / ±10,988)

Social

91.8% ±4.2% (25,450  ±1,373.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 92.2% 348,686 (±1.3% / ±4,830.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.3% 3,174,118 (±0.4% / ±15,315.5)
32.2% ±2.6% (8,920  ±,771.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 27.4% 103,820 (±0.7% / ±2,547.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 30.6% 1,088,770 (±0.3% / ±9,317.5)

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

11.2% ±2.6% (4,021  ±919) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 5.5% 27,462
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 270,170

7.8% ±1.2% (2,367  ±374) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 10.1% 42,006 (±0.4% / ±1,507)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 349,900 (±0.1% / ±4,262)
2,367 Total veterans ±374 2,159 Male ±345 208 Female ±114

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