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Myrtle Beach, SC

31,783 Population
23.6 square miles 1,349 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 47.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,881 ±$1,650 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $28,131 ±$443
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $27,986 ±$159
$40,525 ±$2,436 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $49,816 ±$693
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $51,015 ±$271

22.4% ±2.8% (7,098  ±895) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 15.4% 67,870 (±0.7% / ±3,251)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 16% 770,632 (±0.3% / ±12,902)

16.6 minutes ±0.9 (230,005  ±16,223) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 22.8 4,076,960 (±0.4 / ±85,176)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 24.6 52,214,115 (±0.1 / ±305,710)

Families

13,774 ±472 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 182,812 ±1,402
  • South Carolina: 1,894,711 ±6,012
2.3 ±0.1 (31,639  ±95) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.4 442,666 (±0 / ±457)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,819,128 (±0)

5.6% ±2.1% (383  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 4.7% † 4,258 (±0.6% / ±560)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 63,046 (±0.2% / ±1,861)

Housing

24,853 ±523 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 288,964 ±214
  • South Carolina: 2,256,951 ±314

$194,700 ±$12,847 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $179,300 ±$2,243
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $154,800 ±$659

16.2% ±2.2% (5,113  ±677.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 15.1% 67,099 (±0.7% / ±3,221.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 720,300 (±0.2% / ±10,784.9)

Social

88.9% ±3.5% (20,775  ±951.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 90% 301,662 (±1.1% / ±3,706.8)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 87.1% 2,949,232 (±0.4% / ±11,730.4)
28.3% ±2% (6,604  ±484.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 25.1% 83,985 (±0.6% / ±1,889.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 27.4% 927,823 (±0.2% / ±6,770.1)

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

12.4% ±2.3% (3,938  ±719) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 24,660 (±0.2% / ±1,043)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 4.9% 240,439 (±0.1% / ±4,224)

9.2% ±1.3% (2,353  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 11.3% 41,465 (±0.3% / ±1,132)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 9.6% 366,862 (±0.1% / ±3,619)
2,353 Total veterans ±326 2,232 Male ±313 121 Female ±68

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