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Surfside Beach, SC

4,155 Population
1.9 square miles 2,132.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 49.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Carolina: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,510 ±$3,520 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $32,730 ±$576
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $32,823 ±$239
$61,840 ±$5,908 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
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $58,234 ±$482

8.6% ±3.9% (357  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.8% 60,381 (±0.7% / ±3,065)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 14.5% 718,345 (±0.2% / ±11,315)

19 minutes ±1.2 (28,805  ±4,218) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 23.1 4,220,015 (±0.3 / ±82,867)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.3 54,119,448 (±0.2 / ±415,561)

Families

1,802 ±135 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
2.3 ±0.2 (4,155  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.5 473,136 (±0 / ±1,341)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,953,286 (±0)

7.1% ±6.5% (51  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 3.7% † 3,425 (±0.5% / ±469)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,525 (±0.2% / ±1,999)

Housing

4,168 ±200 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

$306,400 ±$30,394 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: $209,900 ±$3,514
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $181,800 ±$1,291

14.4% ±5% (586  ±203.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.4% 59,133 (±0.6% / ±2,685.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.6% 681,624 (±0.2% / ±11,503.7)

Social

95.1% ±7.5% (3,283  ±309.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 91.6% 334,499 (±1.3% / ±4,586.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 88.8% 3,113,723 (±0.4% / ±14,727.4)
38.2% ±5.3% (1,318  ±194.7) 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 1.3 times 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

1.9% ±1.4% (80  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 26,339 (±0.3% / ±1,483)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,917 (±0.1% / ±4,164)

14.7% ±3.5% (533  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 10.5% 41,471 (±0.3% / ±1,340)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.9% 350,822 (±0.1% / ±4,953)
533 Total veterans ±128 525 Male ±126 8 Female ±13

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