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North Myrtle Beach, SC

18,502 Population
21.7 square miles 852 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 49.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$44,721 ±$3,026 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $32,730 ±$576
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $32,823 ±$239
$64,417 ±$3,416 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $57,489 ±$1,222
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $58,234 ±$482

7.8% ±2% (1,431  ±369) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.8% 60,381 (±0.7% / ±3,065)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 14.5% 718,345 (±0.2% / ±11,315)

22.8 minutes ±1.6 (156,655  ±16,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 23.1 4,220,015 (±0.3 / ±82,867)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.3 54,119,448 (±0.2 / ±415,561)

Families

8,750 ±403 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 192,421 ±1,869
  • South Carolina: 1,976,447 ±5,877
2.1 ±0.1 (18,494  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.5 473,136 (±0 / ±1,341)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,953,286 (±0)

1.9% ±1.4% (46  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 3.7% † 3,425 (±0.5% / ±469)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,525 (±0.2% / ±1,999)

Housing

26,807 ±520 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 289,848 ±516
  • South Carolina: 2,325,248 ±1,084

$293,500 ±$15,088 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $209,900 ±$3,514
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $181,800 ±$1,291

12.2% ±2.3% (2,253  ±424.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.4% 59,133 (±0.6% / ±2,685.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.6% 681,624 (±0.2% / ±11,503.7)

Social

93.3% ±4.6% (14,721  ±830.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 91.6% 334,499 (±1.3% / ±4,586.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 88.8% 3,113,723 (±0.4% / ±14,727.4)
36.6% ±3.1% (5,778  ±506.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 26.6% 97,118 (±0.7% / ±2,478.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 29.8% 1,046,424 (±0.3% / ±9,391.7)

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

9% ±2.7% (1,672  ±500) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 26,339 (±0.3% / ±1,483)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,917 (±0.1% / ±4,164)

11.2% ±1.7% (1,844  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 10.5% 41,471 (±0.3% / ±1,340)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.9% 350,822 (±0.1% / ±4,953)
1,844 Total veterans ±284 1,738 Male ±278 106 Female ±47

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