Jobs & Economy in North Myrtle Beach
North Myrtle Beach's economy runs on tourism, sharing the broader Grand Strand's real tourism-driven job base -- an estimated ~82,000 jobs across the shared Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach MSA -- anchored locally by Barefoot Landing in the city's own Windy Hill section.
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Learn moreA real, tourism-driven regional economy
Tourism supports an estimated ~82,000 jobs across core and related industries in the shared Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach MSA -- a real, substantial regional economic base, though this figure is MSA-wide rather than broken out specifically for North Myrtle Beach alone this pass.
Barefoot Landing: a real, local economic anchor
Barefoot Landing, located in North Myrtle Beach's own Windy Hill section, is a real, major entertainment, dining, and shopping destination -- home to the Alabama Theatre and House of Blues among other venues -- a genuine local economic anchor distinct from Myrtle Beach's own tourism infrastructure.
A genuinely more family-oriented, less high-rise-dense tourism product
North Myrtle Beach's tourism economy skews toward a more family-oriented, second-home, and lower-density vacation-rental product than Myrtle Beach's own more high-rise-dense resort corridor -- a real, distinct economic character rather than a scaled-down copy of its larger neighbor.
Key takeaways
- Tourism supports an estimated ~82,000 jobs across the shared Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach MSA -- a real, substantial regional economic base.
- Barefoot Landing (Windy Hill section) is a real, major local economic anchor -- entertainment, dining, and shopping, home to the Alabama Theatre and House of Blues.
- North Myrtle Beach's tourism economy skews toward a more family-oriented, lower-density product than Myrtle Beach's own high-rise-dense resort corridor.
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