North Myrtle Beach vs Socastee

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

North 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.

Socastee has the higher population (24,629 vs 19,343 in North Myrtle Beach). North Myrtle Beach has the higher median household income ($72,111 vs $59,826 in Socastee). North Myrtle Beach has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $218,200 in Socastee).

Population, income & housing

	North Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Population	19,343	24,629
Median age	60.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,111	$59,826
Median home value	$371,900	$218,200
Median gross rent	$1,171	$1,244
Housing units	27,110	10,077
Homeownership rate	82.9%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Population	16,200 → 19,343 (+19.4%)	24,964 → 24,629 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$60,982 → $72,111 (+18.2%)	$50,147 → $59,826 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$266,200 → $371,900 (+39.7%)	$165,400 → $218,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,171 (+5.5%)	$975 → $1,244 (+27.6%)

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

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)

	North Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Under 5	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	6.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	23.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	24.2%	13.7%
75 and over	14.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Myrtle Beach	Socastee
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	69.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Myrtle Beach	Socastee
No high school diploma	6.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	23.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Drove alone	71.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	6.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Myrtle Beach	Socastee
1-unit, detached	36.5%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	14.3%
20 or more units	34.3%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	North Myrtle Beach	Socastee
Poverty rate	6.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1997	1994