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Cost of living in Conway, South Carolina

Conway, South Carolina has about 27,263 people. Typical rent is $866 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $56,650 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #21 in South Carolina on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

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Typical rent is $866 a month.

Conway is a city in South Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $56,650 a year.

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People
27,263
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$866
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$56,650
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$260,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,504
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$4.035
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of October 12, 2026

Conway, South Carolina has about 27,263 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $260,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Horry County is $1,504 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Conway. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area, prices sit at 93.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

South Carolina taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Conway's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical South Carolina home paid 15.47¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Conway's bill.

EIA does not publish a South Carolina gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) all-grades price was $4.035 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,936.80 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in South Carolina shares this price.

Among 246 places we list in South Carolina with a rent figure, 159 have higher typical rent than Conway.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.