HomewoodSC
A town of 2,708, settled in 1899. A regional job hub with 1,224 jobs.
Is Homewood a good place to live?
Homewood gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about for a typical one, or years of the Myrtle Beach metro’s $67K median household income. It grades B overall, 48th of 167 graded towns in South Carolina. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. On the plus side, its schools outperform 77% of the state's. Only 6 of South Carolina’s 263 towns score lower on the outdoors. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Homewood, where South Carolina’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns.
What makes Homewood stand out
Where Homewood beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Every workday, about 1,210 people come to Homewood for work
Where Homewood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Homewood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Homewood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Homewood: who provides what
Homewood is unincorporated, so Horry County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Homewood.
Homewood draws workers from Conway and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of South Carolina (mostly hurricanes).
Most working residents commute out of Homewood
1,224 jobs are based in Homewood, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Homewood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Conway (26%), Myrtle Beach (14%) and Red Hill (4%).
| Homewood | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Very high risk in Homewood, with hurricanes at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 78% of South Carolina towns; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Homewood, expect four seasons and hot summers
Homewood has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Homewood is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Homewood are less healthy than 60% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,867 U.S. towns with household incomes like Homewood’s, it is healthier than 56%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Homewood beats the South Carolina average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 15% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Homewood.
| Homewood | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 14% |
| What stands out | Homewood | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 15% | 11.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Homewood sell for about $231K
The median property tax bill is $511, against $1,251 across South Carolina, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Grand Strand and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Homewood. Close and well known come first.
18 mi BeachGrand Strand
26 mi MuseumBrookgreen Gardens
17 mi Theme parkFamily Kingdom Amusement Park
26 mi MuseumHuntington Beach State Park
4 mi MuseumUnited States Post Office
3 mi MuseumBurroughs SchoolPhoto credits
Grand Strand: Phil Guest from Bournemouth, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Brookgreen Gardens: Hisland7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Family Kingdom Amusement Park: Fk714, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huntington Beach State Park: Original uploader was Pendragon1998 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · United States Post Office: Pubdog, Public domain · Burroughs School: Pubdog, Public domain
Everything we know about Homewood
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Homewood
About 8 of every 100 Homewood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
About Homewood
Census-designated place in South Carolina, United States
Homewood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Horry County, South Carolina, United States, just north of Conway in the northeastern part of the state. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,693. Homewood is located at the junction of South Carolina Highway 319 and U.S. Highway 701. There is an elementary school in the community. Many of the inhabitants make a living from family farms, growing tobacco, corn, soybeans, and tomatoes.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 26 ft
Homewood’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Homewood.
Homewood reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Homewood with a neighbor →
Questions about Homewood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Homewood, SC a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Homewood grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #48 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades C+ for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.