2024 Compare Cities Housing:
Myrtle Beach, SC vs Long Beach, CA

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- The median age of a home in Myrtle Beach is 96.9% younger than the median age of a home in Long Beach.
 Myrtle Beach, SCLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Median Home Age326342
 Median Home Cost$299,700$739,900$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months21.9%13.3%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.59.2%50.6%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.81.7%122.1%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$4.0$6.8$11.0
 Homes Owned36.5%38.4%57.4%
 Housing Vacant36.9%5.3%11.2%
 Homes Rented26.6%56.3%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Myrtle Beach, SCLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Average Rent$1,400$2,870$1,840
 Studio Apartment$950$1,550$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$970$1,760$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,120$2,240$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,420$2,920$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,600$3,200$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Myrtle Beach, SCLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent9.3%2.2%1.9%
 Vacant Rented1.0%0.2%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale1.5%0.2%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.5%0.1%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation21.3%0.7%3.6%
 Vacant Other3.2%1.8%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Myrtle Beach, SCLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Less Than $20,0001.3%1.0%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9991.8%0.5%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9992.1%0.8%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9992.4%0.4%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9995.7%0.2%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,99915.6%0.4%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,99911.7%0.5%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99916.7%3.7%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,99915.0%9.8%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99911.4%14.7%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,99910.3%39.3%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9991.9%17.7%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9992.4%7.4%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.7%2.1%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over1.0%1.6%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Myrtle Beach, SCLong Beach, CAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.4%0.1%0.2%
 2010 to 201417.4%3.3%13.6%
 2000 to 200917.4%3.3%13.6%
 1990 to 199914.6%4.5%13.6%
 1980 to 198925.0%9.3%13.2%
 1970 to 197912.6%13.0%14.8%
 1960 to 196914.6%4.5%13.6%
 1950 to 19596.3%21.0%10.0%
 1940 to 19491.1%14.2%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier0.7%19.6%12.2%
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 Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 4 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 6 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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