- 1309 Professional Dr Suite 100 Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
The Family Beach | Inc. 1964
Surfside Beach
Two miles of quiet sand, a brand-new pier, golf-cart streets and a real small-town feel — the Grand Strand’s family-first beach town, minutes from Myrtle Beach.
By The Numbers
~4.2K
POPULATION
57.5
MEDIAN AGE
On the Beach
TO THE BEACH
Inc. 1964
FOUNDED
800 FT
NEW FISHING PIER
DOWNTOWN & LIFESTYLE
- Surfside Beach Pier — opened March 2024, free to walk
- Two miles of beach with 36 public beach accesses
- Surf Diner & The Whistling Duck on the pier; Bubba’s Fish Shack in town
- Tuesday Farmers Market in Memorial Park
- Golf Cart Parade, 4th of July celebration & Fall Family Festival
- First certified autism-friendly travel destination (2016)
LOCATION & COMMUTING
Surfside Beach sits on the South Strand between Myrtle Beach and Garden City, with Hwy 17 Business through town and Hwy 17 Bypass on its west edge.
- Myrtle Beach: ~13 minutes
- Myrtle Beach Airport: ~13 minutes
- Garden City: ~5 minutes
- Murrells Inlet: ~10 minutes
- Conway: ~28 minutes
HEALTHCARE & SERVICES
- Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital ~10 minutes south
- South Strand Medical Center — 24/7 ER nearby
- CareNow Urgent Care & CMC Primary Care in town
- Seaside Elementary, St. James Middle & St. James High
- Surfside Library — 410 Surfside Drive
- SayeBrook Town Center shopping minutes away
REAL ESTATE MARKET
- Typical home value ~$361K (Zillow, June 2026)
- Beach cottages & raised homes east of Hwy 17 Business
- Condos, townhomes & established subdivisions
- New construction: Belle Mer (Beazer) & Ocean Palms (Beverly Homes)
- Golf carts on town streets — now allowed 24/7 with lights
- Short-term rentals limited to certain zones — check each parcel
Retirees & Downsizers
A median age of 57 says it all: walkable beach accesses, golf-cart streets, a hospital ten minutes away and gated communities like Oceanside Village make Surfside an easy retirement landing.
First Time Buyers
West of the Bypass, subdivisions like Ocean Palms and Surfside Beach Club start in the $300Ks — a genuine beach-town address with St. James schools, minutes from the airport.
Investors
Oceanfront and east-of-Business cottages command premium prices and rents; short-term rentals are allowed only in certain zones under a town license, so verify zoning per parcel before buying.
Popular Neighborhoods in Surfside Beach
Oceanside Village
Gated · Beach Parking
A 24-hour gated resort community between Surfside and Garden City with private beachfront parking, pools, pickleball, tennis and a dog park.
Prestwick Country Club
Gated · Golf & Tennis
Homes around a Pete and P.B. Dye course, with clay and hard tennis courts across several villages.
Belle Mer
New Construction
Beazer Homes community of ENERGY STAR homes with a resort pool, fitness centre and clubhouse.
Ocean Palms
New Construction
Beverly Homes' natural-gas community with fountain ponds, a cabana pool and green spaces — a short golf-cart ride to the beach.
Surfside Beach Club
Gated · Established
Single-family homes with a clubhouse, fitness room and pool, plus golf-cart access to the beach.
Deerfield Plantation
Established · Near the Beach
A large 1970s–80s community between Hwy 17 Bypass and Business with homes, townhomes and condos, pools and tennis.
FAQs: Surfside Beach, SC
Is Surfside Beach SC a good place to live?
Surfside Beach is a real town — its own council, police and library — wrapped around two miles of oceanfront with 36 public accesses. About 4,200 residents and a median age of 57 give it a calm, neighborly, year-round feel that earned the “Family Beach” nickname and, in 2016, the country’s first autism-friendly destination certification. A new pier, a weekly farmers market and golf-cart streets add everyday charm, with Myrtle Beach only 13 minutes away.
What is the Surfside Beach SC housing market like?
It is really two markets. East of Hwy 17 Business, beach cottages, raised homes and condos near the pier trade at premium prices. West of the Bypass, established subdivisions and newer communities like Ocean Palms, Belle Mer and Surfside Beach Club sit from the $300Ks into the $600Ks. Zillow’s typical home value is about $361K (June 2026), roughly flat year-over-year, with homes going under contract in about 40 days.
How far is Surfside Beach from Myrtle Beach?
Surfside Beach is roughly 8 miles south of central Myrtle Beach — about a 13-minute drive up Hwy 17 Business or Bypass — and about 13 minutes from Myrtle Beach International Airport. Garden City is five minutes south, Murrells Inlet’s MarshWalk and Tidelands Waccamaw hospital are about ten minutes, and Conway is under half an hour.
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Photo credits: Surfside Beach Shoreline by BullDawg2021 (CC BY-SA 4.0); Surfside beach in 2026 by WXchaser (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.