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29440

27,319 Population
523.1 square miles 52.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 52.2 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,866 ±$2,856 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $44,163 ±$2,392
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$56,124 ±$3,436 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $68,713 ±$2,958
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

19.6% ±3.3% (5,227  ±915) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 15% † 9,602 (±1.7% / ±1,114)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

29 minutes ±2.2 (303,910  ±31,700) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 29.1 685,555 (±1.6 / ±49,206)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

10,837 ±582 Number of households
  • the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 27,129 ±616
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.5 ±0.2 (26,763  ±1,282) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 2.4 64,186 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

7% ±3.9% (370  ±206) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 6.2% † 723 (±2.5% / ±294)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

13,767 ±535 Number of housing units
  • the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 37,173 ±41
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$172,600 ±$12,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $289,500 ±$21,516
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

9.5% ±2.3% (2,567  ±624.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 11% † 7,033 (±1.6% / ±1,051.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

88.9% ±3.2% (17,564  ±1,067.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 92.3% 45,299 (±3.4% / ±1,656.2)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
21.7% ±2.3% (4,293  ±491.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 32.8% 16,082 (±1.8% / ±878.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

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

3% ±1.2% (820  ±329) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 2.7% 1,719
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

6.6% ±1.2% (1,454  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 8.7% 4,680 (±0.7% / ±386)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
1,454 Total veterans ±263 1,320 Male ±258 134 Female ±96

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