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29526

54,130 Population
175 square miles 309.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 48.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,811 ±$1,737 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $38,025 ±$913
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$68,825 ±$4,116 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $66,880 ±$1,763
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

16.4% ±2.8% (7,947  ±1,405) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 13.2% 49,738 (±0.8% / ±2,844)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

24.4 minutes ±1.8 (496,325  ±47,756) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 23.1 3,342,205 (±0.5 / ±100,049)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

19,432 ±764 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 158,779 ±1,593
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.5 ±0.1 (48,680  ±2,390) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 2.4 376,205 (±0 / ±87)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

3.1% ±1.1% (408  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 4.2% † 3,165 (±0.7% / ±507)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

21,210 ±723 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 217,419 ±130
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$253,100 ±$13,041 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: $287,700 ±$4,754
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

16.7% ±1.8% (8,972  ±1,027.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 12.9% 48,967 (±0.7% / ±2,690.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

88.9% ±2% (31,648  ±1,635.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 91.9% 264,858 (±1.6% / ±4,489)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
21% ±1.6% (7,468  ±663.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 27.2% 78,211 (±0.9% / ±2,495.2)
  • 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

4.5% ±0.9% (2,437  ±507) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 6.7% 25,571
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

7.7% ±1% (3,470  ±487) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area: 8.9% 28,326 (±0.4% / ±1,341)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
3,470 Total veterans ±487 3,096 Male ±457 374 Female ±145

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