Garden City vs North Myrtle Beach

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

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

North Myrtle Beach has the higher population (19,343 vs 10,820 in Garden City). North Myrtle Beach has the higher median household income ($72,111 vs $50,027 in Garden City). North Myrtle Beach has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $194,100 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	North Myrtle Beach
Population	10,820	19,343
Median age	61.2 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,027	$72,111
Median home value	$194,100	$371,900
Median gross rent	$1,382	$1,171
Housing units	10,229	27,110
Homeownership rate	82.3%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	North Myrtle Beach
Population	10,669 → 10,820 (+1.4%)	16,200 → 19,343 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$44,862 → $50,027 (+11.5%)	$60,982 → $72,111 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $194,100 (+33.1%)	$266,200 → $371,900 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,062 → $1,382 (+30.1%)	$1,110 → $1,171 (+5.5%)

Garden City

Population

10,66910,820

Median household income

$44,862$50,027

Median home value

$145,800$194,100

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,382

North Myrtle Beach

Population

16,20019,343

Median household income

$60,982$72,111

Median home value

$266,200$371,900

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,171

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	North Myrtle Beach
Under 5	0.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	6.6%	6.6%
18 to 24	3.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	4.6%	5.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	23.9%	23.2%
65 to 74	23.8%	24.2%
75 and over	14.2%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	North Myrtle Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	North Myrtle Beach
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	North Myrtle Beach
Drove alone	82.0%	71.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.3%	16.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	North Myrtle Beach
1-unit, detached	33.2%	36.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	16.4%
20 or more units	12.7%	34.3%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	North Myrtle Beach
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.1%
Average household size	1.86	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1990	1997