Conway vs Myrtle Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Conway and Myrtle Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Myrtle Beach has the higher population (37,214 vs 26,082 in Conway). Conway has the higher median household income ($54,841 vs $53,679 in Myrtle Beach). Myrtle Beach has the higher median home value ($347,700 vs $236,300 in Conway).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Myrtle Beach
Population	26,082	37,214
Median age	34.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,841	$53,679
Median home value	$236,300	$347,700
Median gross rent	$881	$1,132
Housing units	9,318	24,467
Homeownership rate	63.5%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Myrtle Beach
Population	23,838 → 26,082 (+9.4%)	32,700 → 37,214 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$42,508 → $54,841 (+29.0%)	$43,200 → $53,679 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $236,300 (+52.5%)	$216,100 → $347,700 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $881 (+6.8%)	$913 → $1,132 (+24.0%)

Conway

Population

23,83826,082

Median household income

$42,508$54,841

Median home value

$155,000$236,300

Median gross rent

$825$881

Myrtle Beach

Population

32,70037,214

Median household income

$43,200$53,679

Median home value

$216,100$347,700

Median gross rent

$913$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Myrtle Beach
Under 5	3.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	11.5%
18 to 24	22.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	15.9%
75 and over	5.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Myrtle Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	67.7%
Black or African American	28.8%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Myrtle Beach
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Myrtle Beach
Drove alone	76.1%	72.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.6%
Public transit	1.9%	2.4%
Walked	3.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	12.5%
Other means	2.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Myrtle Beach
1-unit, detached	72.4%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	18.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Myrtle Beach
Poverty rate	20.3%	16.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1994	1992