South Carolina's Horry County seat sits on the Waccamaw River, 15–20 miles inland — the corridor where the Grand Strand's deepest value and its longest beach commute live side by side.
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Talk to a Specialist →Conway is the Horry County seat, a historic rivertown on the Waccamaw River connected to the coast primarily by US-501. It's also home to Coastal Carolina University, giving the area a college-town texture the coastal corridors don't have. The honest headline: beach access from Conway communities runs 25–35 minutes, the longest of any corridor in this guide. That single fact should shape the entire buying decision.
Myrtle Trace's sister community, Myrtle Trace South, extends the same value proposition. Both are established, resale-driven communities — there's no active new-construction pipeline here, which means what you see is largely what exists today, without the pre-construction guesswork of newer Grand Strand developments.
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Conway carries the lowest home prices and lowest HOA fees documented anywhere in the Myrtle Beach market, and the same Horry County senior tax stack applies here as everywhere else in the county — the 4% owner-occupied assessment ratio, the $50,000 homestead exemption, and the school operating mill exemption. On a $250,000 home, a qualifying 65+ primary resident could see an effective annual tax bill well under $1,000/year, though you should confirm the exact figure with the Horry County Assessor since rates and exemption amounts are set annually and specific parcels can carry small municipal add-ons.
Being inland also means materially lower flood-insurance exposure than any coastal corridor in this guide — a real, quantifiable savings that doesn't show up in the HOA fee or the list price, but shows up every year on the insurance bill.
Buyers whose top priority is the lowest possible monthly carrying cost and who are comfortable trading daily beach proximity for a quieter, more affordable, small river-town setting with genuine community history. A strong fit for retirees on a fixed income who want true 55+ restriction without resort-community pricing.
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