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Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 29576: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Murrells Inlet, SC 29576

Acceptable Alternative

Murrells Inlt, SC 29576

Not Acceptable, USPS

Garden City, SC 29576

Garden City Beach, SC 29576

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Horry County
Centroid: Latitude 33.587, Longitude -79.009
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 29576 has segments in 2 Counties (Georgetown, Horry).

Businesses Addresses: 1,272
PO Box Addresses: 1,127
Residential Addresses: 16,708

Multi-Family Addresses: 2,040
Single Family Addresses: 14,668

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

29576 ZIP Code Map

Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	27,049
Daytime Population: Workers	10,724
Daytime Population: Residents	16,042
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	26,766
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.99
Population in Households	26,916
Population in Familes	20,865
Population in Group Qrtrs	133
Population Density²	427
Diversity Index³	18

INCOME
Median Household Income	$50,393
Average Household Income	$70,172
Per Capita Income	$33,392

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	20,268 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	10,479 (51.7%)
Renter Occupied HU	2,343 (11.6%)
Vacant Housing Units	7,446 (36.7%)
Median Home Value	$215,857
Average Home Value	$261,473

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	12,822
Average Household Size	2.1
Family Households	8,228
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	2.39%	2.32%
Households	2.33%	2.29%
Families	2.27%	2.26%
Median Household Income		2.01%
Per Capita Income		2.24%

Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 29576 to the other 395 ZIP Codes in South Carolina by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.