Myrtle Beach, SC (South Carolina) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 29,971 (Urban population: 29,929, Rural population: 42 (all nonfarm))

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 14,608 (10,384 occupied: 5,406 owner occupied, 4,978 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	48%
State:	28%

Housing density: 871 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $205,422.

Median contract rent in 2007: $682 (lower quartile is $519, upper quartile is $796)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $715

Median gross rent in Myrtle Beach, SC in 2007: $803

Housing units in Myrtle Beach with a mortgage: 2,116 (261 second mortgage, 351 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,380

Myrtle Beach,SC index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $197,617 (it was $103,700 in 2000)

Myrtle Beach:	$197,617
South Carolina:	$133,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $120,437 - $379,422

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $368,512
Here: $368,512
State: $214,820

Townhouses or other attached units: $204,752
Here: $204,752
State: $195,928

In 2-unit structures: $120,952
Here: $120,952
State: $168,372

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $134,243
Here: $134,243
State: $191,807

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $204,730
Here: $204,730
State: $198,924

Mobile homes: $31,433
Here: $31,433
State: $45,713

Household type by relationship

Households: 22,460

In family households: 15,959 (3,912 male householders, 1,529 female householders)
4,015 spouses, 4,831 children (4,428 natural, 97 adopted, 306 stepchildren), 434 grandchildren, 253 brothers or sisters, 133 parents, 273 other relatives, 579 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,501 (2,328 male householders (1,458 living alone)), 2,505 female householders (1,936 living alone)), 1,668 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 147 (20 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,725 2-persons, 1,268 3-persons, 823 4-persons, 447 5-persons, 144 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,394 1-person, 1,259 2-persons, 113 3-persons, 67 4-persons.

2,237 married couples with children.
1,384 single-parent households (281 men, 1,103 women).

88.9% of residents of Myrtle Beach speak English at home.
5.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 23% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 1,904 (8.4%)
(32.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina:
	1 room: 25 2 rooms: 87 3 rooms: 238 4 rooms: 1,061 5 rooms: 1,307 6 rooms: 1,162 7 rooms: 717 8 rooms: 433 9 or more rooms: 376

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina:
	1 room: 118 2 rooms: 425 3 rooms: 758 4 rooms: 2,062 5 rooms: 1,081 6 rooms: 397 7 rooms: 74 8 rooms: 55 9 or more rooms: 8

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 390
1995 to 1998: 903
1990 to 1994: 880
1980 to 1989: 4,998
1970 to 1979: 2,960
1960 to 1969: 1,773
1950 to 1959: 1,643
1940 to 1949: 797
1939 or earlier: 264

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Myrtle Beach:
	no bedroom: 48 1 bedroom: 213 2 bedrooms: 1,888 3 bedrooms: 2,471 4 bedrooms: 583 5 or more bedrooms: 203

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Myrtle Beach:
	no bedroom: 141 1 bedroom: 895 2 bedrooms: 2,874 3 bedrooms: 1,012 4 bedrooms: 48 5 or more bedrooms: 8

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Myrtle Beach in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 265 1 vehicle: 2,222 2 vehicles: 2,229 3 vehicles: 588 4 vehicles: 68 5 or more vehicles: 34

Cars and other vehicles available in Myrtle Beach in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 699 1 vehicle: 2,276 2 vehicles: 1,646 3 vehicles: 332 4 vehicles: 18 5 or more vehicles: 7

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Myrtle Beach, SC:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 5
$35,000 to $39,999: 18
$40,000 to $49,999: 74
$50,000 to $59,999: 78
$60,000 to $69,999: 110
$70,000 to $79,999: 271
$80,000 to $89,999: 339
$90,000 to $99,999: 280
$100,000 to $124,999: 413
$125,000 to $149,999: 386
$150,000 to $174,999: 236
$175,000 to $199,999: 214
$200,000 to $249,999: 311
$250,000 to $299,999: 195
$300,000 to $399,999: 237
$400,000 to $499,999: 143
$500,000 to $749,999: 81
$750,000 to $999,999: 85
$1,000,000 or more: 20

Myrtle Beach rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Myrtle Beach:

Less than $100: 19 people
$100 to $149: 37
$150 to $199: 57
$200 to $249: 45
$250 to $299: 111
$300 to $349: 70
$350 to $399: 162
$400 to $449: 258
$450 to $499: 301
$500 to $549: 636
$550 to $599: 499
$600 to $649: 562
$650 to $699: 657
$700 to $749: 709
$750 to $799: 738
$800 to $899: 845
$900 to $999: 398
$1,000 to $1,249: 181
$1,250 to $1,499: 26
$1,500 to $1,999: 31
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 162

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 886 1990 to 1994: 240 1985 to 1989: 138 1980 to 1984: 237 1975 to 1979: 76 1970 to 1974: 81 1970 to 1974: 90 1965 to 1969: 156

Myrtle Beach, SC Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.2%
Number of people working at home: 327 (2.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 627
5 to 9 minutes: 2357
10 to 14 minutes: 2953
15 to 19 minutes: 2346
20 to 24 minutes: 1126
25 to 29 minutes: 507
30 to 34 minutes: 1153
35 to 39 minutes: 150
40 to 44 minutes: 179
45 to 59 minutes: 263
60 to 89 minutes: 263
90 or more minutes: 179

Myrtle Beach mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 9,236 (74%)
Carpooled: 1,667 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
Ferryboat: 27 (0%)
Taxi: 128 (1%)
Motorcycle: 33 (0%)
Bicycle: 248 (2%)
Walked: 551 (4%)
Other means: 206 (2%)
Worked at home: 327 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 860
$10,000 to $14,999: 738
$15,000 to $19,999: 743
$20,000 to $24,999: 993
$25,000 to $29,999: 878
$30,000 to $34,999: 836
$35,000 to $39,999: 770
$40,000 to $44,999: 625
$45,000 to $49,999: 551
$50,000 to $59,999: 861
$60,000 to $74,999: 788
$75,000 to $99,999: 675
$100,000 to $124,999: 422
$125,000 to $149,999: 148
$150,000 to $199,999: 113
$200,000 or more: 273

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 4009

United States or American: 2267

English: 2131

German: 1896

Irish: 1805

Italian: 996

Scotch-Irish: 693

Scottish: 592

Polish: 467

French (except Basque): 419

Greek: 213

Israeli: 201

Dutch: 158

Swedish: 113

Welsh: 100

French Canadian: 94

Arab:: 87

Brazilian: 81

Lebanese: 77

Portuguese: 61

Norwegian: 59

Canadian: 56

Czechoslovakian: 54

African: 45

Subsaharan African:: 45

British: 41

Russian: 41

Danish: 39

Swiss: 37

Romanian: 36

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 32

Lithuanian: 32

European: 31

Turkish: 30

Austrian: 30

Finnish: 29

Hungarian: 28

Croatian: 27

Albanian: 23

West Indian: 23

Scandinavian: 20

Czech: 17

Slovak: 13

Australian: 11

Pennsylvania German: 10

Moroccan: 10

Ukrainian: 9

Barbadian: 9

Serbian: 8

Yugoslavian: 7

Slavic: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (33%)
Israel (12%)
Canada (5%)
Germany (4%)
Brazil (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Greece (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 7911
Northeast: 3967
Midwest: 1613
South: 6345
West: 573

45% of Myrtle Beach residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in South Carolina.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 53
Nursery to 4th grade: 30
5th and 6th grade: 141
7th and 8th grade: 120
9th grade: 184
10th grade: 248
11th grade: 149
12th grade, no diploma: 243
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,401
Less than 1 year of college: 636
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,271
Associate degree: 546
Bachelor's degree: 1,291
Master's degree: 280
Professional school degree: 285
Doctorate degree: 88

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 58
Nursery to 4th grade: 10
5th and 6th grade: 31
7th and 8th grade: 206
9th grade: 170
10th grade: 239
11th grade: 199
12th grade, no diploma: 313
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,417
Less than 1 year of college: 617
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,387
Associate degree: 624
Bachelor's degree: 1,224
Master's degree: 332
Professional school degree: 112
Doctorate degree: 35

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 4.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 5.2%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.5%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 21.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 1.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $44,424
Black householders: $22,376
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $39,419
Asian householders: $74,958
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $68,865
Some other race householders: $40,895
Two or more races householders: $67,804
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $42,836

Myrtle Beach household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Myrtle Beach household income for Black householders

Myrtle Beach household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Myrtle Beach household income for Asian householders

Myrtle Beach household income for Some other race householders

Myrtle Beach household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Myrtle Beach marital status for males

Myrtle Beach marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $272,318
Black or African American householders: $140,447
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $142,924
Asian householders: $517,767
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $85,754
Some other race householders: $142,924
Two or more races householders: $258,026
Hispanic or Latino householders: $143,877

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,749
One, attached: 1,246
Two: 661
3 or 4: 1,425
5 to 9: 2,347
10 to 19: 833
20 to 49: 760
50 or more: 1,399
Mobile homes: 1,136
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 52

Median worth of mobile homes: $30,158

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Myrtle Beach:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (90%) Utility gas (6%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (93%) Utility gas (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 207

Here:	11.7%
South Carolina:	9.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 96

Here:	10.0%
South Carolina:	8.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 134

Here:	12.8%
South Carolina:	20.3%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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