Myrtle Beach vs Red Hill

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

Myrtle Beach and Red Hill 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 16,480 in Red Hill). Red Hill has the higher median household income ($62,132 vs $53,679 in Myrtle Beach). Myrtle Beach has the higher median home value ($347,700 vs $223,900 in Red Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtle Beach	Red Hill
Population	37,214	16,480
Median age	47.0 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,679	$62,132
Median home value	$347,700	$223,900
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,078
Housing units	24,467	7,034
Homeownership rate	61.3%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtle Beach	Red Hill
Population	32,700 → 37,214 (+13.8%)	16,273 → 16,480 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$43,200 → $53,679 (+24.3%)	$46,799 → $62,132 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $347,700 (+60.9%)	$167,900 → $223,900 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,132 (+24.0%)	$916 → $1,078 (+17.7%)

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

Red Hill

Population

16,27316,480

Median household income

$46,799$62,132

Median home value

$167,900$223,900

Median gross rent

$916$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Myrtle Beach	Red Hill
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	15.9%	11.1%
75 and over	7.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtle Beach	Red Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	67.2%
Black or African American	14.3%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtle Beach	Red Hill
No high school diploma	8.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtle Beach	Red Hill
Drove alone	72.5%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.8%
Public transit	2.4%	0.1%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.5%	6.2%
Other means	2.4%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtle Beach	Red Hill
1-unit, detached	38.2%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	12.1%
20 or more units	21.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Myrtle Beach	Red Hill
Poverty rate	16.9%	22.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1992	1995