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Surfside Beach, SC

4,312 Population
1.9 square miles 2,226.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 47.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,105 ±$3,878 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $28,131 ±$443
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $27,986 ±$159
$53,852 ±$2,695 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $49,816 ±$693
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $51,015 ±$271

13.2% ±5.2% (569  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 15.4% 67,870 (±0.7% / ±3,251)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 16% 770,632 (±0.3% / ±12,902)

20 minutes ±2.8 (32,245  ±6,268) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent 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 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 24.6 52,214,115 (±0.1 / ±305,710)

Families

2,070 ±141 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
2.1 ±0.1 (4,312  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.4 442,666 (±0 / ±457)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,819,128 (±0)

1.5% ±2.3% (12  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 4.7% † 4,258 (±0.6% / ±560)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 63,046 (±0.2% / ±1,861)

Housing

4,412 ±211 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 288,964 ±214
  • South Carolina: 2,256,951 ±314

$270,000 ±$15,832 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $179,300 ±$2,243
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $154,800 ±$659

15% ±5.5% (646  ±237.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 15.1% 67,099 (±0.7% / ±3,221.2)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 720,300 (±0.2% / ±10,784.9)

Social

91.9% ±8.1% (3,378  ±323) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 87.1% 2,949,232 (±0.4% / ±11,730.4)
31.7% ±5.1% (1,165  ±193.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 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)
  • about 20 percent 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

3.6% ±2.5% (153  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 24,660 (±0.2% / ±1,043)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 4.9% 240,439 (±0.1% / ±4,224)

13.1% ±3.1% (495  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 11.3% 41,465 (±0.3% / ±1,132)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 9.6% 366,862 (±0.1% / ±3,619)
495 Total veterans ±119 490 Male ±119 5 Female ±8

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