Nichols is a town in Horry County, South Carolina, home to about 240 people across 1.3 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 29581.
Homes sold for a median of $172 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Part is in Nichols, part in Ketchuptown
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Nichols. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)41 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Florence Regional Airport (FLO)32 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Charlotte, NC116 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA456 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Nichols; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Nichols had 234 residents in the 2020 census, down 43% since 2000.
It’s the 399th largest of 474 towns in South Carolina by population.
Horry County grew from 23,364 residents in 1900 to 351,029 in 2020.
Horry County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 90°F in summer, and winter lows average 33°F. About 53.3 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mullins, SC weather station (6 miles away).
123,792 jobs at 10,550 businesses in Horry County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Nichols.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Libraries
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Ketchuptown.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.