| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 843 / 854 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:39 PM |
| Population: | 54,830 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 45043 |
| CBSA: | Murrells Inlet, SC |
| Land Area: | 881 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 58 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.4327, -79.3289 |
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54,830 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 881 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 52,940 to 54,830 from 2014 to 2024 — a +3.6% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 29585 (Pawleys Island, $81,946 median) and poorest ZIP 29510 (Andrews, $55,058) are 26.5 miles apart — a 1.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.9× across this county — from $117,700 in 29510 (Andrews) to $463,400 in 29585 (Pawleys Island).
Density varies 10× across the county — from 34 people/sq mi in 29510 (Andrews) to 331 in 29585 (Pawleys Island).
Educational attainment ranges from 10.3% bachelor's+ in 29510 (Andrews) to 52.5% in 29585 (Pawleys Island) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within South Carolina, this is the #23 most populous of 46 counties and ranks #18 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $63,909 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
30.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (12,216 of 40,405 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.