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29554

8,681 Population
210.7 square miles 41.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 52.2 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,981 ±$2,898 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $44,163 ±$2,392
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$55,100 ±$7,626 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

20.2% ±6.2% (1,750  ±563) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 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)

34.6 minutes ±3 (123,585  ±21,020) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 29.1 685,555 (±1.6 / ±49,206)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

3,470 ±322 Number of households
  • the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 27,129 ±616
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.5 ±0.1 (8,681  ±875) 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

3.2% ±2.9% (64  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 6.2% † 723 (±2.5% / ±294)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

4,312 ±314 Number of housing units
  • the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 37,173 ±41
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$156,700 ±$26,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: $289,500 ±$21,516
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

9.1% ±3.6% (771  ±309.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 11% † 7,033 (±1.6% / ±1,051.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

83.8% ±4.1% (5,077  ±529.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 92.3% 45,299 (±3.4% / ±1,656.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
16.6% ±3.7% (1,004  ±240) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 32.8% 16,082 (±1.8% / ±878.4)
  • about half 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

3.2% ±2.3% (275  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 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

4.2% ±1.4% (289  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area: 8.7% 4,680 (±0.7% / ±386)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
289 Total veterans ±99 282 Male ±100 7 Female ±11

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