Work & commute · North Myrtle Beach

Work & commute in North Myrtle Beach, SC

About one in 4 of North Myrtle Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Myrtle Beach (12%), Conway (7%) and Little River (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,674 of 6,371 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,697 North Myrtle Beach residents head out of town to work, 1,674 work right here, and 11,060 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Myrtle Beach.

4,697live here, work elsewhere

1,674live and work here

11,060work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Myrtle Beach goes to work

North Myrtle Beach (in town)right here

26%1,674

Myrtle Beach12.8 mi away

12%795

Conway19.5 mi away

7%443

Little River5.6 mi away

5%342

North Charleston100.2 mi away

2%139

Columbia126.3 mi away

2%127

Carolina Forest12.4 mi away

2%113

Florence66.7 mi away

1%93

Charleston100.3 mi away

1%91

Murrells Inlet27.2 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,499

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

How far

How far North Myrtle Beach commutes

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

43%

24%

27%

43%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Myrtle Beach is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Myrtle Beach are

12,734 jobs are based in North Myrtle Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Myrtle Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Myrtle Beach

12,734 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs North Myrtle Beach residents hold

6,371 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+23%

Jobs based in North Myrtle Beach, 2013 → 2023: 10,358 → 12,734. 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.