Myrtle Beach is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 40,535 people and 32 associated neighborhoods, Myrtle Beach is the 13th largest community in South Carolina. Myrtle Beach has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Myrtle Beach, where the median household income is $60,394.00. Myrtle Beach real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Myrtle Beach house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Myrtle Beach is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Myrtle Beach is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Myrtle Beach who work in management occupations (12.77%), sales jobs (11.88%), and office and administrative support (10.23%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.32% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Myrtle Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. One of the benefits of Myrtle Beach is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.99 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.In terms of college education, Myrtle Beach is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.51% of adults in Myrtle Beach have a college degree. The per capita income in Myrtle Beach in 2022 was $42,969, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,876 for a family of four. However, Myrtle Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Myrtle Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Myrtle Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Myrtle Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Myrtle Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Myrtle Beach include English, Irish, German, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Myrtle Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
