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Carolina Forest ZIP codes, South Carolina

No ZIP code is named for Carolina Forest, SC; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. The ZIP code covering it is 29579. Its area codes are 843 and 854.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
1 more
Population
26,263
Area codes
843, 854

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Carolina Forest itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Myrtle Beach (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Carolina Forest in numbers

About 26,263 people live in Carolina Forest, in 10,113 households, the 21st-largest of South Carolina's 474 census places. The median household income is $74,436 a year, 7% above the South Carolina median of $69,324 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $336,800 (30% above the South Carolina median), and median gross rent is $1,668 a month. The median age is 40.3; 35.5% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (32.1% across South Carolina); the average commute takes 22 minutes.

Population26,263Carolina Forest26,263
Households10,113Carolina Forest10,113
Median age40.3Carolina Forest40.3South Carolina40.2US 38.9
Median household income$74,436Carolina Forest$74,436South Carolina$69,324US $80,734
Median home value$336,800Carolina Forest$336,800South Carolina$259,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,668Carolina Forest$1,668South Carolina$1,180US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.5%Carolina Forest35.5%South Carolina32.1%US 35.7%
Mean commute22.0 minCarolina Forest22.0 minSouth Carolina25.6 minUS 26.4 min
Population density1,562 / sq miCarolina Forest1,562 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Carolina Forest CDP. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Carolina Forest

These ZIP codes cover part of Carolina Forest but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Carolina Forest
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
29579 Myrtle Beach , SC Standard 56,915 $79,644 $353,600

Map of Carolina Forest ZIP codes

29579

The ZIP codes of Carolina Forest, SC, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Carolina Forest

The nearest larger towns are Myrtle Beach (38,371 people, 4.2 mi), Conway (27,263 people, 9.1 mi) and Florence (40,408 people, 58 mi).

Towns near Carolina Forest
TownPopulationDistance
Myrtle Beach 38,371 4.2 mi
Forestbrook 7,479 4.3 mi
Red Hill 15,920 5.9 mi
Socastee 23,796 7.7 mi
Conway 27,263 9.1 mi
Surfside Beach 4,270 11.4 mi
Homewood 2,708 11.6 mi
North Myrtle Beach 19,855 12.7 mi
Garden City 11,591 13.2 mi
Murrells Inlet 10,044 16.6 mi
Little River 11,771 17.5 mi
Loris 2,645 20.2 mi
Carolina Shores, NC 5,017 21.8 mi
Litchfield Beach 9,044 23.3 mi

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