Photo: Melikamp · CC BY-SA 3.0North Myrtle Beach has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 11,396 people commute in to work
There are 13,044 jobs in North Myrtle Beach; 6,650 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn North Myrtle Beach B; getting around on foot earns it A−. About one in four work in North Myrtle Beach itself; outside it, Myrtle Beach draws the most (14%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in North Myrtle Beach
North Myrtle Beach is where the jobs are
North Myrtle Beach has 13,044 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
North Myrtle Beach draws workers from far and wide
The 13,044 jobs in North Myrtle Beach are filled from a wide area. North Myrtle Beach’s own residents hold 13% and the ten next-biggest home towns 24%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
North Myrtle Beach’s workforce skews older
38% of North Myrtle Beach’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in North Myrtle Beach
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, North Myrtle Beach is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #48 of 168 in South Carolina. The poverty rate holds North Myrtle Beach’s grade up (7.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($72,722, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, North Myrtle Beach could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of North Myrtle Beach
On a workday 5,002 residents head out to work and 1,648 work right here.
About 28,000 people are in North Myrtle Beach on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in North Myrtle Beach live
Where North Myrtle Beach clocks in
14% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What North Myrtle Beach’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Myrtle Beach, 2014 → 2024: 10,997 → 13,044. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Myrtle Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long North Myrtle Beach spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Myrtle Beach workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,991 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from North Myrtle Beach, by distance
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
North Myrtle Beach is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, North Myrtle Beach is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #20 of 169 in South Carolina. Both inputs place North Myrtle Beach near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,301 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of North Myrtle Beach households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of North Myrtle Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
North Myrtle Beach is 1,024th of 1,787 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 135 | Five Forks SC | 18,656 | $142K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 712 | Hanahan SC | 22,415 | $88K | 11.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 766 | Simpsonville SC | 28,459 | $82K | 6.1% | 4.1% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,022 | Wyandotte MI | 24,072 | $72K | 13.0% | 3.5% | 11% | B |
| 1,023 | Forest Park OH | 20,041 | $76K | 10.6% | 5.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,024 | North Myrtle Beach SC | 21,346 | $73K | 7.4% | 4.0% | 25% | B |
| 1,025 | Westminster MD | 20,589 | $86K | 10.0% | 5.2% | 14% | B |
| 1,026 | Northfield MN | 21,992 | $85K | 8.8% | 4.9% | 38% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of North Myrtle Beach, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Work next door: 19% of North Myrtle Beach’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Myrtle Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Myrtle Beach | – | B | A− | 22 min | $72,722 |
| Little River | 5% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $65,786 |
| Myrtle Beach | 14% | C | A− | 18 min | $60,394 |
| Atlantic Beach | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Briarcliffe Acres | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Atlantic Beach and Briarcliffe Acres: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Myrtle Beach. Darker towns draw more of North Myrtle Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in North Myrtle Beach: questions
What is the median household income in North Myrtle Beach?
$72,722 (±$3,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Myrtle Beach?
7.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Myrtle Beach?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Myrtle Beach work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Myrtle Beach (14%, 13 mi), Conway (6%, 20 mi), Little River (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is North Myrtle Beach walkable?
North Myrtle Beach is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Myrtle Beach without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Myrtle Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Myrtle Beach
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.