South Carolina · Census place 4570585

Surfside Beach, South Carolina

Surfside Beach is a town in Horry County, South Carolina with an estimated 4,368 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 73rd largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,368; #73 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020: +5.0%; +208 people
Land area: 2.0 sq mi; + 0.02 sq mi water
Density: 2,240 / sq mi; State median 1,356

Orange pin: Surfside Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Surfside Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Surfside Beach added 208 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +37.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,147. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Surfside Beach covers 1.95 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,240 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Surfside Beach is denser than the typical town.

What county Surfside Beach is in

All of Surfside Beach's residents live in Horry County, which had 413,391 residents in 2024. Surfside Beach holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Surfside Beach

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Surfside Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29575. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Surfside Beach is

The Census internal point of Surfside Beach is at 33.609700, -78.977500. Columbia, the capital, is 121.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Myrtle Beach, SC (40,535 people), 8.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 75.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 33.609700, -78.977500
DMS: 33°36'34.92"N 78°58'39.00"W
UTM: 17N 687638.6E 3720715.3N
Geohash: djzz4y6qd
Plus code: 8753J25C+VX

Daylight in Surfside Beach

At 33.61° N, Surfside Beach gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Surfside Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Myrtle Beach, 8.7 miles away, with 40,535 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Surfside Beach, SC?

4,368 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 208 (5.0%) from 4,160 in July 2020.

What county is Surfside Beach in?

Horry County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Surfside Beach?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29575.

How far is Surfside Beach from Columbia?

121.2 miles (195.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Surfside Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Surfside Beach?

Myrtle Beach, SC, with 40,535 residents, 8.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.