Murrells Inlet · Relocation
Relocating to Murrells Inlet, SC
Moving in from out of the area, with a local guide to the neighborhoods and the timing around your move.
A Quick Note
This page is general information, not legal, insurance, or lending advice. Rules and rates change, so please confirm what applies to you with your lender, your insurance agent, your closing attorney, and the agencies named here. I am a real estate professional, and my part is the search and the move.
Plan My Move to Murrells Inlet
Relocating to Murrells Inlet, Where Two Counties Meet
Relocating to Murrells Inlet puts you on the southern end of the Grand Strand, in a fishing community known as the Seafood Capital of South Carolina, most likely named for John Morrall, an English colonist who settled here in 1731. It also puts you in one of two counties, Horry or Georgetown, depending on the street. Local to Coastal Realty walks houses for you, sends video, and sets up live video tours, and tells you which county each house is in. We sign a written buyer agreement before any touring, in person or by video, as the National Association of REALTORS has required of MLS participants since August 17, 2024.
What Changes at the County Line
Taxes. For a home you live in, the Georgetown side's tax district 41 comes to about 128.8 mills on a 4 percent assessment at tax year 2025 rates, and the Horry side's 2026 levies to at least about 90.1 mills before waste management or other district levies.
Short-term rentals. Georgetown County charges a 3 percent local accommodations tax on stays under 30 continuous days and does not issue business licenses; Horry County charges a 3 percent hospitality fee on transient accommodations outside city limits and lists a county business license.
Veterans office and schools. Georgetown County Veterans Affairs is on Lafayette Circle in Georgetown, Horry's is in Conway. For a Horry address, Horry County Schools' "Find My School" gives the assignment; for a Georgetown County address, check with the Georgetown County School District.
Insurance and the Paperwork That Saves Money
Lenders require flood insurance on a federally backed loan for a building in a Special Flood Hazard Area, and the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association is the market of last resort for wind and hail in the coastal territory. Once you close on a home you live in, apply for the 4 percent legal residence rate with the county the house is in, before the first penalty date for that tax year.
Your First Weekends
Walk the half-mile MarshWalk along the saltwater estuary, see the outdoor sculpture collection at Brookgreen Gardens, and look for birds and alligators at Huntington Beach State Park, where more than 300 species of birds have been spotted and Atalaya, the Huntingtons' winter home, still stands. My Murrells Inlet guide has more. Read buying a home in Murrells Inlet, then call me with your move date.
Sources
The facts above come from these sources, checked in October 2026. Confirm current details with your lender, insurance agent, and closing attorney.
- Visit Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet
- Visit Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet history
- Georgetown County Auditor, millage rates, tax year 2025
- Horry County Auditor, 2026 tax levies
- Georgetown County, local accommodations tax FAQ
- Georgetown County, business license FAQ
- Horry County, hospitality fee
- Horry County, taxes and filings for short-term rentals in unincorporated Horry County
- Georgetown County Veterans Affairs
- Horry County Veterans Affairs
- Horry County Schools, Find My School
- South Carolina Code, Title 12, Chapter 43, Section 12-43-220, assessment ratios
- FEMA, flood risk and lending requirements
- South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association, about the Wind Pool
- Murrells Inlet MarshWalk
- Brookgreen Gardens, American sculpture
- South Carolina State Parks, Huntington Beach
- National Association of REALTORS, settlement FAQs, practice changes effective August 17, 2024
Frequently Asked Questions
What changes between the Horry and Georgetown sides of Murrells Inlet?
The property tax rates, the short-term rental tax and licensing, the county veterans office, and the school district all follow the county line.
What is the MarshWalk?
A half-mile wooden boardwalk along a saltwater estuary, lined with seafood restaurants and known for live music.
Can I buy without visiting first?
That is your call. I walk every home, send video, and run live video tours, and we sign the buyer agreement first.
Murrells Inlet
What relocation looks like in Murrells Inlet
The Seafood Capital of South Carolina, a half-mile boardwalk over the marsh, and Brookgreen Gardens and Huntington Beach State Park nearby.
Murrells Inlet is known as the Seafood Capital of South Carolina. The MarshWalk is a half-mile wooden boardwalk over a saltwater estuary, lined with seafood restaurants and known for live music.
Brookgreen Gardens holds the largest collection of American figurative sculpture displayed outdoors anywhere in the world, and Huntington Beach State Park is home to Atalaya, the Moorish-style winter home of Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington.
The method
How we do it in Murrells Inlet
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