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North Myrtle Beach Statistics
Population (year 2000): 10,974
Males: 5,473 (49.9%), Females: 5,501 (50.1%)
Elevation: 8 feet
County: Horry
Land area: 13.0 square miles
Zip codes: 29582, 29597, 29598. Median resident age: 48.1 years
Median household income: $38,787
Median house value: $142,600
Races in North Myrtle Beach:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.4%)
- Hispanic (2.4%)
- Black (2.3%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (16.8%), English (16.5%), Irish (13.2%), United States (10.8%), Scotch-Irish (5.5%), Italian (5.1%).
For population 25 years and over in North Myrtle Beach city, South Carolina
- High school or higher: 89.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.5 minutes
For population 15 years and over in North Myrtle Beach city, South Carolina
- Never married: 18.6%
- Now married: 56.3%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 8.3%
- Divorced: 15.0%
4.5% Foreign born (1.6% Latin America, 1.4% Europe, 0.8% Asia, 0.7% North America).
Hospitals/medical centers near North Myrtle Beach:
- GRAND STRAND REG MED CENTER (about 18 miles; MYRTLE BEACH, SC)
- LORIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; LORIS, SC)
- CONWAY HOSPITAL INC (about 24 miles; CONWAY, SC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to North Myrtle Beach:
- MYRTLE BEACH INTL (about 20 miles; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; ID: MYR)
- WILMINGTON INTL (about 63 miles; WILMINGTON, NC; ID: ILM)
- FLORENCE REGIONAL (about 76 miles; FLORENCE, SC; ID: FLO)
Other public-use airports nearest to North Myrtle Beach:
- GRAND STRAND (about 3 miles; NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC; ID: CRE)
- OCEAN ISLE (about 18 miles; OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC; ID: 60J)
- TWIN CITY (about 22 miles; LORIS, SC; ID: 5J9)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to North Myrtle Beach:
- HORRY-GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 19 miles; CONWAY, SC; FT enrollment: 2,315)
- COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; CONWAY, SC; FT enrollment: 4,067)
- CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles; WILMINGTON, NC; FT enrollment: 3,550)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON (about 62 miles; WILMINGTON, NC; FT enrollment: 8,996)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE (about 70 miles; PEMBROKE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,806)
- FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; FLORENCE, SC; FT enrollment: 2,922)
- FLORENCE DARLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 83 miles; FLORENCE, SC; FT enrollment: 2,619)
Crime in North Myrtle Beach (2001):- 1 murder (9.1 per 100,000)
- 4 rapes (36.4 per 100,000)
- 32 robberies (291.6 per 100,000)
- 49 assaults (446.5 per 100,000)
- 252 burglaries (2296.3 per 100,000)
- 934 larceny counts (8511.0 per 100,000)
- 101 auto thefts (920.4 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 775.3 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
North Myrtle Beach compared to South Carolina state average: - Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Population density below state average.
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