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Median Home Price in Myrtle Beach, SC

The median home value in Myrtle Beach, SC is $324,532 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.03% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$324,532

Year-over-Year

-0.03%

Population

41,022

Myrtle Beach ranks #23 of 60 South Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 9.5% above the state's city median of $296,397. It sits in Horry County, where the county-wide median is $321,007.

Housing affordability in Myrtle Beach

Median household income in Myrtle Beach is $60,394, so the typical home value is about 5.4× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,112 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 5,656 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Myrtle Beach

What is the average home price in Myrtle Beach, SC?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Myrtle Beach, that value is $324,532. That's down 0.03% from a year earlier. It is about 9.5% above the typical South Carolina city tracked here.

Is Myrtle Beach expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Myrtle Beach are more expensive than Horry County as a whole, where the median is $321,007 — a difference of about 1.1%.

Is Myrtle Beach affordable?

Median household income here is $60,394, so the typical home value is about 5.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Myrtle Beach a safe place to live?

Myrtle Beach police reported 1,112 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 41,022. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.