Dunbar vs Murrells Inlet

A side-by-side comparison of Dunbar and Murrells Inlet: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunbar and Murrells Inlet are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Murrells Inlet has the higher population (10,087 vs 750 in Dunbar). Dunbar has the higher median household income ($88,250 vs $75,438 in Murrells Inlet). Since 2019, Murrells Inlet's population has grown faster (+10.4% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Murrells Inlet
Population	750	10,087
Median age	30.0 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,250	$75,438
Median home value	—	$355,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,702
Housing units	188	5,810
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Murrells Inlet
Population	1,058 → 750 (-29.1%)	9,137 → 10,087 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $88,250 (+102.9%)	$59,429 → $75,438 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $95,600 (-4.2%)	$264,000 → $355,800 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,130 → $1,702 (+50.6%)

Dunbar

Population

1,058750

Median household income

$43,500$88,250

Median home value

$99,800$95,600

Murrells Inlet

Population

9,13710,087

Median household income

$59,429$75,438

Median home value

$264,000$355,800

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunbar	Murrells Inlet
Under 5	7.5%	0.9%
5 to 17	36.9%	9.6%
18 to 24	2.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	25.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	4.8%	22.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	22.1%
75 and over	0.9%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Murrells Inlet
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	80.5%
Black or African American	97.2%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Murrells Inlet
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	47.4%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Murrells Inlet
Drove alone	84.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Murrells Inlet
1-unit, detached	71.8%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Murrells Inlet
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.4%
Average household size	7.81	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1987	2001