Myrtle Beach vs Socastee

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

Myrtle Beach and Socastee 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 24,629 in Socastee). Socastee has the higher median household income ($59,826 vs $53,679 in Myrtle Beach). Myrtle Beach has the higher median home value ($347,700 vs $218,200 in Socastee).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Population	37,214	24,629
Median age	47.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,679	$59,826
Median home value	$347,700	$218,200
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,244
Housing units	24,467	10,077
Homeownership rate	61.3%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Population	32,700 → 37,214 (+13.8%)	24,964 → 24,629 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$43,200 → $53,679 (+24.3%)	$50,147 → $59,826 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $347,700 (+60.9%)	$165,400 → $218,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,132 (+24.0%)	$975 → $1,244 (+27.6%)

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

Socastee

Population

24,96424,629

Median household income

$50,147$59,826

Median home value

$165,400$218,200

Median gross rent

$975$1,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.9%	13.7%
75 and over	7.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtle Beach	Socastee
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	69.4%
Black or African American	14.3%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtle Beach	Socastee
No high school diploma	8.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Drove alone	72.5%	82.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.4%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	6.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtle Beach	Socastee
1-unit, detached	38.2%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	14.3%
20 or more units	21.2%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Poverty rate	16.9%	13.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1992	1994