Socastee is a central, unincorporated Myrtle Beach community on the Intracoastal Waterway where the median home price sat near $339,000 in 2025, with inventory running from roughly $50K to $800K. Defined by its waterway swing bridge, its golf, and its central location between downtown Myrtle Beach and Conway, Socastee draws buyers who want a convenient year-round base with a wide range of price points, golf-course neighborhoods including guard-gated Prestwick, and waterway access.
Why buyers choose Socastee
Socastee is the practical center of the Myrtle Beach area. It sits inland of the oceanfront but within easy reach of it, straddling the Intracoastal Waterway at the landmark Socastee swing bridge, and it offers a broad range of housing at prices generally below the beach. For full-time residents who want convenience over oceanfront, Socastee is one of the most central choices on the Strand.
Three things define its appeal:
Central location and convenience. Socastee sits between downtown Myrtle Beach, Conway, and the south Strand, putting the beach, the airport, shopping, and the Highway 31 corridor all within a short drive, a practical base for year-round living.
A wide price range. Socastee spans roughly $50K to $800K, from condos and manufactured homes on land to golf-course and waterway properties, giving buyers across budgets options within a single community.
Golf and waterway living. The area includes the Myrtle Beach National golf complex, the guard-gated Prestwick Country Club community around its Pete and P.B. Dye course (named 2025 South Carolina Golf Course of the Year), and the Myrtle Beach Golf & Yacht community, plus Intracoastal Waterway access.
Socastee market data
The figures below describe the Socastee market as of 2025 and are stamped accordingly. Real estate data moves; treat these as a snapshot for orientation, and ask Phil for the current week’s numbers in any specific community.
Myrtle Beach National; Myrtle Beach Golf & Yacht
Prestwick (guard-gated Dye golf), Deerfield, waterway neighborhoods
Central, on the Intracoastal Waterway swing bridge
Socastee (Horry County Schools)
The wide range is the defining feature: a condo and a waterway or golf-course home sit in the same community at very different price points, so product type and location within Socastee matter more than the median.
Schools in Socastee
Socastee is served by Horry County Schools within the dedicated Socastee attendance area:
The Socastee attendance area is one of the larger clusters in Horry County. Attendance zones change as the district grows, so confirm the current zone for any specific address with Horry County Schools before you buy.
Neighborhoods in Socastee
Socastee spans golf communities, waterway neighborhoods, and established residential areas. The major ones, each with its own guide:
- Prestwick: A guard-gated golf and tennis community around a Pete and P.B. Dye course named 2025 South Carolina Course of the Year, with single-family homes from about $425K to $800K and Pipers Glen condos near $250K.
- Myrtle Beach National: Homes set around the Myrtle Beach National golf complex, offering course-side living at central, inland-value prices.
- Deerfield: An established residential community in the Socastee and south Myrtle Beach area, with single-family homes and mature landscaping.
Buyers also look at the Myrtle Beach Golf & Yacht community and the waterway-adjacent neighborhoods along the Intracoastal near the Socastee swing bridge.
Frequently Asked Questions
Things to do in Socastee
- The Socastee swing bridge: The landmark Intracoastal Waterway crossing at the heart of the community, with boat traffic and waterway access.
- Myrtle Beach National Golf Club: A multi-course golf complex anchoring several Socastee neighborhoods.
- Myrtle Beach National Golf Club: The Pete and P.B. Dye course and the Grand Strand’s best tennis facility, open to the public since 2016.
- The Intracoastal Waterway: Boating, fishing, and waterfront dining along the waterway that runs through the community.
- Downtown Myrtle Beach and the oceanfront: The boardwalk, beaches, and dining a short drive east.
- Conway’s riverfront: The historic Conway Riverwalk and Waccamaw River, a short drive inland.
Working with Phil in Socastee
Socastee’s wide range is its strength and its complication. A waterway home, a golf-course property, a condo, and a manufactured home on land each carry different financing, insurance, HOA, and resale considerations, and waterway frontage adds flood-zone and dock questions on top. The community’s central location also means proximity to the Highway 31 corridor and ongoing growth affect different neighborhoods differently. Phil’s role for a relocating buyer is to match the product type to your budget and plans, flag the financing and insurance specifics early, and bring disciplined, comparable-based negotiation drawn from the Los Angeles luxury market. Buyers often tour Socastee alongside the oceanfront of
Myrtle Beach and the riverfront value of
Conway before deciding..
