Cost of living in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
Surfside Beach, South Carolina has about 4,270 people. Typical rent is $1,274 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $70,106 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.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,274 a month.
Surfside Beach is a town in South Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $70,106 a year.
- People
- 4,270
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,274
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $70,106
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $450,100
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,504
- Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC HUD Metro FMR Area
Surfside Beach, South Carolina has about 4,270 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $450,100.
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 Surfside Beach. 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 Surfside Beach'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 Surfside Beach's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for South Carolina in the table we use.
Among 246 places we list in South Carolina with a rent figure, 49 have higher typical rent than Surfside Beach.
Nearby places
- Garden City
Typical rent $1,472
Compare with Surfside Beach - Socastee
Typical rent $1,246
Compare with Surfside Beach - Murrells Inlet
Typical rent $1,751
Compare with Surfside Beach - Forestbrook
Typical rent $814
Compare with Surfside Beach - Myrtle Beach
Typical rent $1,261
Compare with Surfside Beach - Carolina Forest
Typical rent $1,668
Compare with Surfside Beach - Red Hill
Typical rent $1,179
- Litchfield Beach
Typical rent $1,704
Compare with Surfside Beach
EBT nearby
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.
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.