What is the median rent in Carolina Forest, SC?

Name: Median rent in Carolina Forest, SC, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Carolina Forest, SC is $1,668 (±$102) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 3,003 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,668 (±$102)
Rented homes: 3,003 (±398)
$2,000 or more: 28.9%

How much rent costs in Carolina Forest

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Carolina Forest	Horry County	South Carolina	United States
Less than $500	4.5% (±4.8 points)	5.4%	6.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	1.8% (±1.7 points)	24.4%	29.0%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	32.9% (±7.1 points)	35.2%	34.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	31.8% (±7.9 points)	23.4%	18.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	22.9% (±8.3 points)	8.4%	7.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	3.5% (±2.3 points)	1.5%	2.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	2.5% (±1.8 points)	1.6%	2.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 32.9% of renting households.

28.9% of rented homes in Carolina Forest cost $2,000 or more a month.

Carolina Forest against Horry County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Carolina Forest	Horry County	South Carolina	United States
Median gross rent	$1,668 (±$102)	$1,255 (±$35)	$1,180 (±$9)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	3,003 (±398)	33,382 (±1,516)	544,268 (±5,517)	42,849,984

In Carolina Forest, median gross rent is higher than in Horry County ($1,255).

It is also higher than in South Carolina ($1,180).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Horry County, Carolina Forest ranks 1 of 14 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 19 of 334.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Carolina Forest

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Carolina Forest
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Carolina Forest	—	$1,668 (±$102)	—
Myrtle Beach	4.2 mi	$1,261 (±$77)	Lower
Forestbrook	4.3 mi	$814 (±$452)	Lower
Red Hill	5.9 mi	$1,179 (±$167)	Lower
Socastee	7.7 mi	$1,246 (±$101)	Lower
Conway	9.1 mi	$866 (±$158)	Lower
Surfside Beach	11 mi	$1,274 (±$214)	Lower
Atlantic Beach	12 mi	$1,083 (±$451)	Lower
Homewood	12 mi	$1,122 (±$56)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Myrtle Beach, SC ($1,261), Forestbrook, SC ($814), Red Hill, SC ($1,179).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Horry County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Carolina Forest	$1,668 (±$102)
2	Little River	$1,528 (±$202)
3	Garden City	$1,472 (±$120)
4	Surfside Beach	$1,274 (±$214)
5	North Myrtle Beach	$1,263 (±$117)
6	Myrtle Beach	$1,261 (±$77)
7	Socastee	$1,246 (±$101)

Showing 7 of 14 places in Horry County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Carolina Forest is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Carolina Forest

What is the average rent in Carolina Forest, SC?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Carolina Forest is $1,668 (±$102) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Carolina Forest cost more than $2,000 a month?

28.9% of rented homes in Carolina Forest have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 4.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Carolina Forest higher than in Horry County?

In Carolina Forest, median gross rent is higher than in Horry County ($1,255).

It is also higher than in South Carolina ($1,180).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Carolina Forest CDP, South Carolina (place:11833, in state:45).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.