Surfside Beach, SC
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None of the households in Surfside Beach, SC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Surfside Beach, SC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Surfside Beach, SC was 2 cars per household.
The economy of Surfside Beach, SC employs 1.84k people. The largest industries in Surfside Beach, SC are Accommodation & Food Services (251 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (181 people), and Manufacturing (169 people), and the highest paying industries are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($140,795), Educational Services ($71,250), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($71,227).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Surfside Beach, SC, are Management Occupations (253 people), Sales & Related Occupations (235 people), and Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations (214 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Surfside Beach, SC.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in South Carolina (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Surfside Beach, SC, are Accommodation & Food Services (251 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (181 people), and Manufacturing (169 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Surfside Beach, SC, though some of these residents may live in Surfside Beach, SC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($141,212), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($68,080), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($61,071).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($71,409), Public Administration ($47,500), and Manufacturing ($46,471).
As of February 2023, there are 2.26M people employed in South Carolina. This represents a 2.54% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13.4%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in South Carolina.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
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This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Surfside Beach, SC have an average commute time of 20.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Surfside Beach, SC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
Median household income in Surfside Beach, SC is $74,202. In 2023, the place with the highest median household income in Surfside Beach, SC was Census Tract 512.01 with a value of $85,181, followed by Census Tract 514.05 and Census Tract 512.02, with respective values of $72,821 and $65,964.
In 2023, the place with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Surfside Beach, SC was Census Tract 512.01 with a value of $85,181, followed by Census Tract 514.05 and Census Tract 512.02, with respective values of $72,821 and $65,964.
The following map shows all of the places in Surfside Beach, SC colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
The following chart displays the households in Surfside Beach, SC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
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This chart shows the number of workers in Surfside Beach, SC across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 70.3% of workers in Surfside Beach, SC drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (13.5%) and those who carpooled to work (8.81%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Surfside Beach, SC have a shorter commute time (20.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 0.566% of the workforce in Surfside Beach, SC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Surfside Beach, SC compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Surfside Beach, SC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Surfside Beach, SC have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Surfside Beach, SC (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males < 5, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Males 65 - 74.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Surfside Beach, SC is White, followed by Two Or More and Black.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Surfside Beach, SC has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
Primary care physicians in Horry County, SC see 1661 patients per year on average, which represents a 1.01% decrease from the previous year (1678 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 2389 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 585 patients per year.
Primary care physicians in Horry County, SC see an average of 1,661 patients per year. This represents a 1.01% decrease from the previous year (1,678 patients).
The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Horry County, SC in comparison to its neighboring geographies.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Surfside Beach, SC changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
