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Red Hill, South Carolina.

A community in Horry County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Horry County’s.

Living in Red Hill, Horry County, South Carolina

Red Hill, in Horry County, had 15,906 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $68,250 a year and half less, against $66,880 across Horry County; 19% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Horry County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 15,906 in the 2020 census; median age 46.9
Household income $68,250 the median, give or take $5,756 · Horry County: $66,880
Unemployment 4.8% Horry County, August 2026; 5.4% a year before
Homes 74% lived in by their owners; 26% rented
  • 6,438households
  • 22%of adults have a degree
  • 19%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 8%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment16%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Building trades8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Horry County had 146,160 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 35°; warmest in July, 91° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 35° F M A M J J 91° 72° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 35°; warmest in July, 91° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 35° F M A M J J 91° 72° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 35°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 72°. About 55 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Conway weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Red Hill

  1. Phoenix Landscape of Coastal Carolina110
  2. Lighthouse Care Center of ConwayPsychiatric hospital65FTE
  3. TopBuildDrywall and insulation contractors46
  4. Founders Group MCC713910 golf courses and country clubs42
  5. East CoastMasonry contractors37
  6. TCI ContractingInsulation contractors27
  7. Concrete Supply Co24
  8. Brookdale ConwayAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities21

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 495 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively high
  5. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  6. Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of Red HillRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Red Hill’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Horry County.