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Population (year 2000): 1,824. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,176 (+19.3% change)
Males: 899 (49.3%), Females: 925 (50.7%)
Brunswick County
Zip code:
28468
Median resident age: 60.2 years
Median household income: $47,356 (year 2000)
Median house value: $219,600 (year 2000)
Races in Sunset Beach:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.4%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
Ancestries: English (23.8%), Irish (18.6%),
German (17.1%), United States (8.9%), Scottish (6.0%),
Scotch-Irish (5.8%).
Elevation: 12 feet
Land area: 5.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sunset Beach
- High school or higher: 91.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 35.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 12.1%
- Unemployed: 5.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sunset Beach town
- Never married: 8.4%
- Now married: 74.9%
- Separated: 0.2%
- Widowed: 10.2%
- Divorced: 6.3%
3.4% Foreign born (2.6% Europe, 0.4% North
America, 0.4% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +919 (+101.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sunset Beach:
- BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles;
SUPPLY, NC)
- LORIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 30 miles; LORIS, SC)
- GRAND STRAND REG MED CENTER (about 30 miles; MYRTLE
BEACH, SC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sunset Beach:
- MYRTLE BEACH INTL (about 33 miles; MYRTLE BEACH, SC;
ID: MYR)
- WILMINGTON INTL (about 50 miles; WILMINGTON, NC; ID:
ILM)
- FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL/GRANNIS FIELD (about 80 miles;
FAYETTEVILLE, NC; ID: FAY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sunset Beach:
- OCEAN ISLE (about 6 miles; OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC; ID:
60J)
- GRAND STRAND (about 16 miles; NORTH MYRTLE BEACH,
SC; ID: CRE)
- TWIN CITY (about 28 miles; LORIS, SC; ID: 5J9)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sunset Beach:
- HORRY-GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 29 miles;
CONWAY, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,315)
- COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; CONWAY,
SC; FT enrollment: 4,067)
- CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles;
WILMINGTON, NC; FT enrollment: 3,550)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON (about 49
miles; WILMINGTON, NC; FT enrollment: 8,996)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE (about 73
miles; PEMBROKE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,806)
- FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles;
FAYETTEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 3,506)
- FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles; FLORENCE,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,922)
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