2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Myrtle Beach, SC vs San Tan Valley, AZ

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- Household income in San Tan Valley, is 75% more than it is in Myrtle Beach and is 14% above the National Average.
- Myrtle Beach unemployment rate is 7.6%.
- San Tan Valley unemployment rate is 6.4%.
 Myrtle Beach, SCSan Tan Valley, AZUnited States
 Unemployment Rate7.6%6.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.6%3.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth38.8%48.0%33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.0%7.2%6.2%
 Income Taxes7.0%3.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$32,691$29,623$37,638
 Household Income$45,701$79,836$69,021
 Family Median Income$59,142$86,851$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Myrtle Beach, SCSan Tan Valley, AZUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K12.3%5.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K8.0%1.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K11.2%5.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K12.5%7.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.9%6.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.6%10.1%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K10.2%10.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.7%17.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K9.6%24.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.7%7.7%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K5.2%4.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Myrtle Beach, SCSan Tan Valley, AZUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.8%18.7%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.1%4.1%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%1.3%1.8%
 Legal0.7%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library4.5%4.9%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.7%1.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.1%4.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.6%3.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.1%4.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving10.8%4.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.8%4.3%3.6%
 Personal care2.4%2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.9%26.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.3%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair13.2%9.4%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving9.8%10.3%13.1%
Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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Reviews for San Tan Valley    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived here for nearly two years now. I find it to be a great place to live with a few drawbacks. 1.) There is no highway access and results in messy traffic  More

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Over 7 years ago

This place is AWFUL what a mistake we made! Schools are crap & constantly begging for supplies, traffic gets worse by the day as they continue to throw up subdivisions,  More

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