HomewoodSC
With 2,708 residents, this town was settled in 1899. A regional job hub with 1,224 jobs.
Is Homewood a good place to live?
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Its strongest subject is schools: its schools rank ahead of 77% of South Carolina towns. Homewood grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 48th of 167 in South Carolina. What counts against it is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. It lags on walkability as well. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Only 6 of South Carolina’s 263 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · USGS PAD-US.
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.
In Homewood, just over a fifth of residents live below the poverty line, where South Carolina’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The share of working residents in Homewood who work locally: 2%. Half commute less than 14 miles. Its typical journey to work is 26 minutes.
| Homewood | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 17% | 9.6% |
| 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.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Homewood, 61% come from hurricanes and 17% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Homewood’s year
Homewood’s July high stands at 91°F, near the South Carolina town median (91°F) and above the median of U.S. towns (85°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.
Among adults in Homewood, 15% report frequent physical distress. Two figures for adults locally: 13% have diabetes, 18% worry about having enough food.
| 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 $268K
The median property tax bill is $511, against $1,251 across South Carolina, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
In Homewood, 64% of households own their home. Its midpoint rent comes in at $1,122 a month.
| Homewood | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,122 a month | $1,058 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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. It grades C+ for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.