Work & commute · Myrtle Beach

Work & commute in Myrtle Beach, SC

About one in 3 of Myrtle Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Conway (7%), North Myrtle Beach (5%) and Carolina Forest (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

5,407 of 14,264 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,857 Myrtle Beach residents head out of town to work, 5,407 work right here, and 32,469 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Myrtle Beach.

8,857live here, work elsewhere

5,407live and work here

32,469work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Myrtle Beach goes to work

Myrtle Beach (in town)right here

38%5,407

Conway12.7 mi away

7%1,043

North Myrtle Beach12.8 mi away

5%659

Carolina Forest4.2 mi away

3%372

Socastee7.2 mi away

2%267

Columbia117.6 mi away

2%248

North Charleston87.4 mi away

2%222

Murrells Inlet14.5 mi away

1%202

Surfside Beach8.7 mi away

1%189

Charleston87.5 mi away

1%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%5,483

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Myrtle Beach commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

58%

18%

22%

58%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Myrtle Beach is a job hub

2.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Myrtle Beach are

37,876 jobs are based in Myrtle Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Myrtle Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Myrtle Beach

37,876 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Myrtle Beach residents hold

14,264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+12%

Jobs based in Myrtle Beach, 2013 → 2023: 33,941 → 37,876. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.