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Surfside Beach, SC (South Carolina) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $443,456 (it was $148,200 in 2000)
Surfside Beach:

$443,456
South Carolina:

$254,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $300,327 - $528,673

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $398,336
Here:

$398,336
State:

$368,255

Townhouses or other attached units: $232,689
Here:

$232,689
State:

$292,023

In 2-unit structures: $378,404
Here:

$378,404
State:

$358,283

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $228,502
Here:

$228,502
State:

$230,702

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $238,982
Here:

$238,982
State:

$326,361

Mobile homes: $272,479
Here:

$272,479
State:

$102,531

Total population: 4,187 (All urban)

Houses: 4,484 (2,020 occupied: 1,338 owner occupied, 850 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

39%
State:

28%

Housing density: 2,318 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,398,822.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,149 (lower quartile is $946, upper quartile is $1,449)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,168


Median gross rent in Surfside Beach, SC in 2022: $1,296

Housing units in Surfside Beach with a mortgage: 625 (35 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 39 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $96,807

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $67,651

Median monthly housing costs: $1,096

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Surfside Beach, South Carolina Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1987

Median year apartment built: 1985

Household type by relationship:

Households: 4,489
  • Male householders: 1,050 (333 living alone), Female householders: 1,014 (312 living alone)
  • 1,013 spouses (1,013 opposite-sex spouses), 161 unmarried partners, (161 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 879 children (776 natural, 59 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 122 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 0 foster children, 94 other relatives, 87 non-relatives

Size of family households: 1,009 2-persons, 258 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 78 5-persons, 19 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 650 1-person, 157 2-persons.

294 married couples with children.
168 single-parent households (0 men, 168 women).

98.5% of residents of Surfside Beach speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 108 (2.4%)
(71.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.0
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.6
State:

4.5

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • 0no bedroom
  • 221 bedroom
  • 2052 bedrooms
  • 7193 bedrooms
  • 3184 bedrooms
  • 755+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • 0no bedroom
  • 951 bedroom
  • 4112 bedrooms
  • 3053 bedrooms
  • 404 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Surfside Beach in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Surfside Beach in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 0no vehicle
  • 4631 vehicle
  • 5852 vehicles
  • 2303 vehicles
  • 564 vehicles
  • 35+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Surfside Beach in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Surfside Beach in renter-occupied apartments
  • 26no vehicle
  • 3351 vehicle
  • 3812 vehicles
  • 613 vehicles
  • 364 vehicles
  • 105+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • 01 room
  • 142 rooms
  • 523 rooms
  • 1494 rooms
  • 3295 rooms
  • 3506 rooms
  • 1817 rooms
  • 858 rooms
  • 1789+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 1483 rooms
  • 2664 rooms
  • 1945 rooms
  • 1006 rooms
  • 1057 rooms
  • 238 rooms
  • 159+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Surfside Beach, SC
Surfside Beach town income, earnings, and wages data

  • Surfside Beach, SC household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Surfside Beach, SC in 2022
  • 104Less than $10,000
  • 95$10,000 to $19,999
  • 146$20,000 to $29,999
  • 173$30,000 to $39,999
  • 194$40,000 to $49,999
  • 136$50,000 to $59,999
  • 301$60,000 to $74,999
  • 415$75,000 to $99,999
  • 215$100,000 to $124,999
  • 143$125,000 to $149,999
  • 151$150,000 to $199,999
  • 104$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Surfside Beach, SC

  • Distribution of house value in Surfside Beach, SC in 2022
  • 8Less than $10,000
  • 1$35,000 to $39,999
  • 4$80,000 to $89,999
  • 9$100,000 to $124,999
  • 11$125,000 to $149,999
  • 11$150,000 to $174,999
  • 7$175,000 to $199,999
  • 198$200,000 to $249,999
  • 195$250,000 to $299,999
  • 328$300,000 to $399,999
  • 487$400,000 to $499,999
  • 265$500,000 to $749,999
  • 45$750,000 to $999,999
  • 6$1,000,000 to $1,499,999

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Surfside Beach, SC

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Surfside Beach, SC in 2022
  • 25Less than $100
  • 12$200 to $249
  • 38$700 to $749
  • 19$750 to $799
  • 34$800 to $899
  • 138$900 to $999
  • 233$1,000 to $1,249
  • 119$1,250 to $1,499
  • 92$1,500 to $1,999
  • 57$2,000 to $2,499
  • 86No cash rent
Work and jobs in Surfside Beach: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 82.9%
Number of people working at home: 305 (16.1% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 44
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 200
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 251
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 250
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 412
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 174
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 137
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 5
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 23
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 87
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 0
  • 90 or more minutes: 19
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Surfside Beach

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 2,582 (72.6%)
  • Carpooled: 445 (12.5%)
  • Bus: 18 (0.5%)
  • Taxi: 163 (4.6%)
  • Bicycle: 11 (0.3%)
  • Walked: 20 (0.6%)
  • Worked at home: 305 (8.6%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 8.5%Males
  • 3.4%Females
Races in Surfside Beach detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • 162010 or later
  • 212000 to 2009
  • 281990 to 1999
  • 61980 to 1989
  • 141970 to 1979
  • 72Before 1970
Ancestries in Surfside Beach, SC

First ancestries reported:

  • English: 580 (27.8%)
  • American: 302 (14.5%)
  • German: 229 (11.0%)
  • Italian: 119 (5.7%)
  • European: 115 (5.5%)
  • Irish: 79 (3.8%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 46 (2.2%)
  • Slovak: 41 (2.0%)
  • Portuguese: 32 (1.5%)
  • Russian: 27 (1.3%)
  • Greek: 25 (1.2%)
  • Pennsylvania German: 24 (1.1%)
  • Scottish: 22 (1.1%)
  • Norwegian: 15 (0.7%)
  • French: 14 (0.7%)
  • French Canadian: 12 (0.6%)
  • Polish: 10 (0.5%)
  • Swedish: 10 (0.5%)
  • Ukrainian: 8 (0.4%)
  • Canadian: 7 (0.3%)
  • Scandinavian: 6 (0.3%)
  • Dutch: 5 (0.2%)
  • Danish: 3 (0.1%)
  • British: 2 (0.10%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

El Salvador
Surfside Beach:

26.0% (25)
South Carolina:

1.1% (2,998)

Germany
Surfside Beach:

21.9% (21)
South Carolina:

3.7% (9,982)

Korea
Surfside Beach:

16.7% (16)
South Carolina:

1.7% (4,513)

South Africa
Surfside Beach:

15.6% (15)
South Carolina:

0.4% (1,091)

Russia
Surfside Beach:

13.5% (13)
South Carolina:

1.3% (3,522)

Japan
Surfside Beach:

8.3% (8)
South Carolina:

0.8% (2,055)

Canada
Surfside Beach:

8.3% (8)
South Carolina:

3.0% (8,193)

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

  • This state: 1,123
  • Other state: 3,214
  • Northeast: 935
  • Midwest: 319
  • South: 1,739
  • West: 160

83.2% of Surfside Beach residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29.8% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 9.2% lived in South Carolina.


Surfside Beach:

83.2%
State average:

86.5%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 12
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 0
  • 10th grade: 9
  • 11th grade: 7
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 36
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 565
  • Less than 1 year of college: 169
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 223
  • Associate degree: 100
  • Bachelor's degree: 464
  • Master's degree: 188
  • Professional school degree: 27
  • Doctorate degree: 56
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 0
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 1
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 0
  • 10th grade: 0
  • 11th grade: 6
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 58
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 336
  • Less than 1 year of college: 100
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 234
  • Associate degree: 276
  • Bachelor's degree: 580
  • Master's degree: 293
  • Professional school degree: 12
  • Doctorate degree: 13
Educational Attainment for Females
Surfside Beach marital status for males
Surfside Beach marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 2,411
  • One, attached: 292
  • Two: 240
  • 3 or 4: 509
  • 5 to 9: 278
  • 10 to 19: 541
  • 20 to 49: 171
  • 50 or more: 14
  • Mobile homes: 25

House/condo owner moved in on average 8 years ago

Renter moved in on average 2 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Surfside Beach
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Surfside Beach, SC
  • 95.7%Electricity
  • 4.3%Utility gas
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Surfside Beach, SC
  • 95.3%Electricity
  • 3.3%Utility gas
  • 1.3%No fuel used

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
Here:

49.3%
South Carolina:

14.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 75
Here:

56.0%
South Carolina:

11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 68
Here:

26.9%
South Carolina:

21.9%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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