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Grand Strand Communities

wonders. The MarshWalk and creekside park known as the home of Pawleys’ famous helping area and hugely popular vacation destination.
cause residents and visitors alike to pause and spirit, the Gray Man. With beach houses, condominiums, hotels,
drink in the tranquility of the marsh vistas. popular fishing pier, large water park, numerous
Today, Pawleys Island is a magnet for young restaurants and other businesses, Surfside Beach
While you certainly will find million-dollar-plus professionals and couples who want to enjoy an is a dynamic and intriguing community. The
homes in Murrells Inlet, there is also an excellent active, social life that is rich with culture and median age here is 51, with only about 15 percent
supply of single-family homes in the $200s, even recreation. The small population includes full of the population consisting of children age 18
on the second row, and condo units with ocean time residents, but many find the perfect vacation or younger.
views for less. property in one of the homes and condos within
Pawleys Island and spend many relaxing weeks Surfside Beach Pier sits at the forefront of the
PAWLEYS ISLAND enjoying the coastal lifestyle with fantastic oceanfront district. Restaurants, hotels, and shops

(POPULATION 103) restaurants and gorgeous scenery. Debordieu line the town’s main strip and beach homes on
is a popular area for residents and visitors as stilts mark the outskirts of town. As a resident,
“Arrogantly shabby” is the affectionate term an amazing gated, golf community just south you may find a golf cart is more practical than a
most often used to describe the Pawleys Island of Pawleys Island that sits along the coast with car for getting around town.
experience. Before the Civil War, plantation plenty of amenities like the golf club, beach club,
owners turned the small island into one of and tennis club. Covering only two square miles, Surfside Beach
the first summer resorts on the Atlantic Coast. offers some of the Grand Strand’s most affordable
The historic district has rows of beautiful SURFSIDE BEACH coastal real estate. Surfside Beach’s single-family
antebellum beach homes and other structures, (POPULATION 4,187) homes and multi-family developments have made
some dating back to the late 1700s, including the town a significant residential community with
the Calhoun-Lemon House, Liberty Lodge, Surfside Beach in Horry County is well known as a sizable retiree population here. Home prices
Summer Academy and the Pelican Inn, which is “family friendly” and is both a thriving residential range between $450,000 and $1 million or higher.

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