Conway, South Carolina

Conway population, 2020 to 2024

Conway added 4,480 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1,363. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Conway is 2.1 times that size.

Conway covers 27.66 square miles of land and 0.90 of water, for 1,072 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Conway is less dense than the typical town.

What county Conway is in

All of Conway's residents live in Horry County, which had 413,391 residents in 2024. Conway holds 7.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Conway

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Conway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29526, 29527. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Conway is

The Census internal point of Conway is at 33.834500, -79.049200. Columbia, the capital, is 114.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Myrtle Beach, SC (40,535 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 71.5 miles away.

Daylight in Conway

At 33.83° N, Conway gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Conway

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Myrtle Beach, 12.7 miles away, with 40,535 people.