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GRAND STRAND

communities at-a-glance

CLIMATE

Atlantic Ocean
51
65
215
77
150
The Grand SUNNY DAYS AVERAGE AVERAGE DAYS ABOVE FROST DAYS OVERCAST DAYS DAYS WITH RAIN AVERAGE
64 F
67 F
51.4 IN
O
O
Strand TEMPERATURE ANNUAL OCEAN 90 DEGREES RAINFALL
ANNUAL
ANNUAL AIR
TEMPERATURE
The Grand Strand region LORIS PROPERTY TAX AND MILLAGE RATES COST OF LIVING INDEX
stretches nearly 60 miles of LONGS CITY AND COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES ON REAL ESTATE ARE TOTAL COST
TAXED AT THE RATE OF 4% ON PRIMARY RESIDENCES AND 6%
coastline including both LITTLE RIVER ON SECONDARY RESIDENCES. EACH MILL REPRESENTS $1 IN CITIES OF LIVING HOUSING COST
TAXATION PER EVERY $1,000 OF A PROPERTY’S ASSESSMENT. (US Average Is 100% In All Categories)
Horry & Georgetown NORTH MYRTLE BEACH
GEORGETOWN COUNTY HORRY COUNTY New York, NY 220.4 451.4
counties. Also encompassing Georgetown County districts & Horry County millage rates San Francisco, CA 161.6 295.6
MYRTLE BEACH
millage rates FY 2018 FY 2018
40-50 miles inland, the Grand CAROLINA FOREST 234.8 Districts 1, 2, 3 84.5 Atlantic Beach Washington, D.C. 140.1 249.3
Boston, MA
139.7
176.5
Strand provides the perfect CONWAY 216.7 Districts 4, 42 60.8 Aynor Pittsburgh, PA 121.3 142.9
50.8 Briarcliffe Acres
217.7 District 41
balance of pristine beaches AYNOR 200.3 Districts 5,6 (county, school only) 82.4 Conway Charleston, SC 100.2 89.4
52.4 Horry County
299.3 City of Georgetown
Virginia Beach, VA
96.4
100.1
and urban opportunity. SURFSIDE BEACH (District 5, county) 118.5 Loris Charlotte, NC 95.7 84.3
337.3 Town of Andrews
80.5 Myrtle Beach
(District 6, town & county) 43.3 North Myrtle Beach Atlanta, GA 95.3 87.7
GARDEN CITY
138.2 School 133.1 School Myrtle Beach, SC 94.1 73.9
46.2 Surfside Beach
MURRELLS INLET
Source: * ACCRA Cost of Living Index provided by The Myrtle Beach Regional Economic
LITCHFIELD Source: Horry County Tax Auditor’s Office, Georgetown County Deputy Auditor Development Corporation (MBREDC.org).
*Millage rates may be subject to change.
PAWLEYS ISLAND
GEORGETOWN
GEOGRAPHY POPULATION HORRY COUNTY’S TOP 10 EMPLOYERS Employees HORRY COUNTY’S TOP 5 INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYERS Employees
Distance in miles to major U.S. cities According to the U.S. Census, the Myrtle Beach region 1. Horry County School District 5,650 1. Conbraco Industries, Inc. 420
continues to dominate in East Coast population growth 2. Wal-Mart 2,800 2. New South Lumber 185
and for the third year in a row ranks as the nation’s second 3. Horry County Government 2,200 3. Precision Southeast, Inc. 180
NEW YORK, NY 685 fastest growing metropolitan statistical area (MSA). 4. Coastal Carolina University 2,125 4. UFP Mid Atlantic, LLC 175
WASHINGTON, D.C. 450 5. Conway Hospital 1,400 5. Metglas, Inc. 140
ATLANTA, GA 364 GEORGETOWN COUNTY 6. Grand Strand Regional Medical Center 1,350
MIAMI, FL 704 61,607
HORRY COUNTY 333,268 7. Food Lion 1,150 Source: MBREDC.org
8. McLeod Loris Seacoast 980
Source: Myrtle Beach Statistical Abstract Source: Census.gov (Population numbers 9. City Of Myrtle Beach 904
are estimates as of July 1, 2017)
10. Horry Telephone Cooperative 690

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