Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+19%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 64,8112024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,7132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 27.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+26 in 1952MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Murrells Inlet, SC, SCOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 14,965 | 22,326 | 37,754 | ||
| R | 15,822 | 20,487 | 36,668 | ||
| R | 13,310 | 17,389 | 31,657 | ||
| R | 14,163 | 16,526 | 30,965 | ||
| R | 14,199 | 15,790 | 30,290 | ||
| R | 10,602 | 12,606 | 23,593 | ||
| R | 9,445 | 10,535 | 20,351 | ||
| D | 8,298 | 7,023 | 16,352 | ||
| D | 7,494 | 6,870 | 16,272 | ||
| R | 5,402 | 7,032 | 12,506 | ||
| R | 6,392 | 7,370 | 13,830 | ||
| D | 6,701 | 5,151 | 12,042 | ||
| D | 7,169 | 4,058 | 11,283 | ||
| R | 4,446 | 6,114 | 10,676 | ||
| D | 4,110 | 3,269 | 10,021 | ||
| R | 3,423 | 4,705 | 8,128 | ||
| D | 2,811 | 2,607 | 5,418 | ||
| O | 1,020 | 1,057 | 4,361 | ||
| R | 1,370 | 2,340 | 3,710 | ||
| O | 432 | 92 | 2,470 | ||
| D | 1,197 | 52 | 1,408 | ||
| D | 1,503 | 155 | 1,658 | ||
| D | 1,273 | 0 | 1,334 | ||
| D | 1,684 | 0 | 1,717 | ||
| D | 586 | 74 | 660 | ||
| D | 134 | 24 | 160 | ||
| D | 245 | 38 | 283 | ||
| D | 470 | 2 | 476 | ||
| D | 405 | 0 | 452 | ||
| D | 544 | 108 | 653 | ||
| D | 728 | 0 | 728 | ||
| R | 446 | 451 | 897 | ||
| R | 459 | 734 | 1,229 | ||
| R | 552 | 888 | 1,441 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.2%
American
10.9%
German
9.8%
Irish
9.8%
Italian
4.4%
Scottish
2.5%
French
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 52.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$68,713
Murrells Inlet, SC ranks near the middle of US counties.
Murrells Inlet, SC$68,713
South Carolina$69,324
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.6%
Working age (18–64)12.7%
Seniors (65+)7.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Murrells Inlet, SC sits in the Deep South. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the metro voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Murrells Inlet, SC as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Murrells Inlet, SC, by a five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-six points in 1952. The 2024 margin was nineteen points.
The political shift has tracked, in Murrells Inlet, SC, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,713, and a 15% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina voted Republican by 19.5 points (R+19), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 37,754 votes cast, 14,965 went Democratic and 22,326 went Republican.
What is Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina?
Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina has a population of 64,811 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina?
Median household income in Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina is $68,713 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.