Murrells Inlet, SC real estate and demographic information

About Murrells Inlet

Murrells Inlet is a somewhat small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 7,745 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Murrells Inlet is the 61st largest community in South Carolina.

Murrells Inlet real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Murrells Inlet house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Murrells Inlet is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Murrells Inlet is a town of sales and office workers, service providers and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Murrells Inlet who work in sales jobs (19.58%), office and administrative support (14.12%) and food service (10.58%).

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Murrells Inlet has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Murrells Inlet a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One of the nice things about Murrells Inlet is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Murrells Inlet is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Murrells Inlet Information and Demographics

The education level of Murrells Inlet citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.45% of adults in Murrells Inlet have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Murrells Inlet in 2010 was $36,630, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,520 for a family of four. However, Murrells Inlet contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Murrells Inlet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Murrells Inlet residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Murrells Inlet include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, Italian and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Murrells Inlet is English.