Choosing a neighborhood
What are the best neighborhoods in Myrtle Beach?
Pick by what you love.
By Devin Day, Operations Officer · Reviewed by Tim Nash, Broker-in-Charge · Updated October 22, 2026
Thirteen neighborhoods near Myrtle Beach, grouped by what each does best.
The short answer
For a walk to the beach, the best neighborhood near Myrtle Beach is Cherry Grove. For a golf course neighborhood, Tidewater. For a new house, Deerfield. For a boat, Plantation Lakes. For a town center you can walk, The Market Common. For a lower price, Avalon.
What does each neighborhood do best?
Golf course neighborhoods
Pine Lakes: golf since 1927
Tidewater: houses on the fairways
Barefoot Resort: a waterway course
Prince Creek: where pros played
Wild Wing: a Monday night league
A town center you can walk
Market Common: a Saturday market
New houses
Deerfield: new on old golf land
1. Cherry Grove: a fishing pier with a world-record shark
In 1964 a 1,780-pound tiger shark was landed from Cherry Grove Pier, a world record at the time. The pier is about a 12-minute walk, about half a mile, from the middle of Cherry Grove.
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A public beach access is about a tenth of a mile from the center of the neighborhood. North Myrtle Beach allows leashed dogs on the beach all year, except at midday in summer.
Away from the condo towers on the ocean, Cherry Grove's streets hold about 1,700 houses. Most of the houses listed for sale here are raised beach houses.
Plan on flood insurance. Almost every home here is in a high-risk flood zone, where a lender usually requires it.
Houses in Cherry Grove usually sold for about $695,000 last year. More than half of the homes for sale here are listed with no homeowners association (HOA) fee.
2. Surfside Beach, ocean side: a free concrete pier with two restaurants
The ocean side of Surfside Beach has its own town pier, and walking onto it is free. The concrete pier runs 814 feet into the ocean, with two restaurants, an ice cream shop and a bait and tackle shop.
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The pier and the sand are about a nine-minute walk from the center of the neighborhood. A summer evening can end out on the pier, which stays open until one in the morning from April through October.
Surfside Beach began as part of a rice plantation called The Ark. The name Surfside Beach came from a Florida town. Its streets mix older one-story ranch houses with raised beach houses.
About one home in four on the ocean side is in a high-risk flood zone, where a lender usually requires flood insurance.
Houses on the ocean side of Surfside Beach usually sold for about $705,000 last year, and condos for about $405,000. Most homes for sale here are listed with no HOA fee.
3. Pine Lakes: where Sports Illustrated was planned
Sports Illustrated was planned at Pine Lakes. In 1954 a group of Time-Life executives came to play the course and plan a new weekly sports magazine.
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Pine Lakes Country Club opened in 1927 as Myrtle Beach's first golf course. Robert White, a native of St. Andrews, Scotland, and the first president of the PGA of America, designed it. The club is known as The Granddaddy.
Beside the club, in Myrtle Beach, The Preserve at Pine Lakes and Pine Lakes Estates hold houses much newer than the course. Most of the houses listed for sale there have the primary bedroom on the main floor. Owners in The Preserve share their own pool.
Few of the houses are on the course itself: only 13 of their 250 house lots border it.
Houses here usually sold for about $600,000 last year, and a house in The Preserve pays an HOA fee of about $95 a month.
4. Tidewater Plantation: houses on the fairways
About seven of every ten houses in Tidewater Plantation have lots that border the golf course, and many streets curve between two fairways.
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The neighborhood is on a neck of land between the Intracoastal Waterway and Cherry Grove Inlet, with salt marsh along its edges. Many of the houses stand under tall trees, and some streets carry sailing names, such as Spinnaker Drive and Topsail Lane.
The course is public, so golfers who do not live here play past the back yards.
Houses in Tidewater usually sold for about $625,000 last year, and the HOA fee for a house is about $230 a month.
5. Barefoot Resort: a golf course along the waterway
For a golfer, the Greg Norman course has seven holes along the waterway and wide fairways. Barefoot sells a second round the same day at a lower rate, booked when the first round ends.
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Barefoot Resort's road to the shops crosses a swing bridge from the 1930s, moved here from Edenton, North Carolina. Barefoot Landing's shops and restaurants are on the far side of the Intracoastal Waterway, about six minutes from the condos by car.
In the Yacht Club Villas, North Tower, Dye Townhomes and the Retreat, most homes are condos, about 390 of them, with about 80 houses. Owners in two of the resort's associations share the North Tower pool beside the waterway.
With so few houses, a buyer who wants a yard of their own has little to choose from here.
Homes in these four Barefoot sections, mostly condos, usually sold for about $430,000 last year, and the condo fee is about $680 a month.
6. Prince Creek: a course where the pros played
Prince Creek's sections border TPC Myrtle Beach, a Tom Fazio course. Tom Watson won the Senior PGA Tour Championship there in 2000, and Lee Trevino and Gary Player have played it too.
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From the middle of Prince Creek, the entrance to Huntington Beach State Park is about 12 minutes by car. The park has a wide beach, Atalaya, a Moorish-style winter home, and a freshwater lake where alligators are easy to spot.
Prince Creek mixes houses and townhomes, in sections of their own, and builders have also sold new homes here for about $320,000. The HOA fee is about $100 to $390 a month, depending on the section. Our agents check which section a home is in before you make an offer.
Most of the houses are not on the course itself: of about 640 houses in Prince Creek outside the Seasons section, about 19 have lots that border it.
Homes in Prince Creek usually sold for about $490,000 last year.
7. Wild Wing Plantation: a Monday night golf league
On summer Monday nights, Wild Wing runs a community golf league. Teams play nine holes on its Hummingbird course, with a playoff at the end of the season.
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Wishbones Bar and Grill, at the club, has a full bar and two indoor TrackMan golf simulators. The main course, the Avocet, was designed by Jeff Brauer and Larry Nelson.
Many streets are named for water birds, such as Wood Stork Drive and Black Skimmer Drive. The lots along them are big, more than a third of an acre in a typical case.
Wild Wing is inside the city of Conway, and a beach day starts with a drive of about 20 minutes.
Houses in Wild Wing usually sold for about $600,000 last year, and the HOA fee is about $135 a month.
8. Plantation Lakes: pontoon boats on a lake with 15 miles of shoreline
In Carolina Forest, owners at Plantation Lakes take pontoon boats out on a lake with about 15 miles of shoreline. About two of every three houses have lots that border the water, and some have a dock of their own.
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An owner can take the boat to the amenity area, which has day and overnight docks and a boat ramp. On a cool evening, the clubhouse has a great room with a fireplace and a reading and card room.
A house lot here is typically about half an acre.
Boats on the lake are limited to 19 feet, with small motors.
Houses in Plantation Lakes usually sold for about $740,000 last year, and the HOA fee is about $125 a month.
9. Waterbridge: kayaks from a floating dock, and potluck Thursdays
In Carolina Forest, Waterbridge owners can launch a kayak on the neighborhood's lakes from a floating dock. The lakes take only boats with no motor or an electric one.
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Walking paths cross the water on bridges. The HOA's calendar holds card nights, bunco, mahjong, a book club and potluck Thursdays, and the fitness center at the clubhouse is open around the clock.
Owners also have a storage area for boats and jet skis. It is full now, so we ask about a space before you offer.
Builders are still selling new houses on the newest streets.
Resale houses in Waterbridge usually sold for about $630,000 last year, and new ones from builders for about $550,000. The HOA fee is about $150 a month.
10. The Market Common: a Saturday market you can walk to
From the middle of The Market Common, the farmers market at Valor Park is about a five-minute walk. It is held on Saturdays from April to mid-December.
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The neighborhood stands on the old Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, which closed in 1993. Three Air Force jets, among them an A-10 Warthog, stand in Warbird Park, on loan to the city.
Grand Park, with seven ball fields, picnic shelters and a playground, is a two-minute walk from the middle of the neighborhood. The houses and townhomes are close together, beside a district of shops and offices.
Houses in The Market Common usually sold for about $540,000 last year, and townhomes for about $398,000.
11. Deerfield Plantation area: new houses on old golf land
Deerfield is built around the old Deer Track golf courses near Surfside Beach. A typical lot in the older streets is about a third of an acre, and new houses now stand on the old South Course.
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The owners' association owns about 14 acres of lake and canals among the homes. The beach is about seven minutes away by car, and at the closest access all three parking spaces are for golf carts.
On the old North Course, building has only begun, so homes near it are beside a building site.
Homes in the older streets of the Deerfield Plantation area usually sold for about $355,000 last year, and the HOA fee is under $90 a month.
12. Avalon: ball fields in the middle of the neighborhood
In the middle of Avalon, the owners' association holds about nine acres of amenity land with a baseball field, soccer fields and a beach volleyball court. A ball game needs no drive.
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The same grounds have a playground, and the association holds a second, smaller amenity area too. Avalon is in Carolina Forest, about a 20-minute drive from the beach.
The houses are a mix of one-story and two-story, and almost every one is outside the high-risk flood zone. The ones for sale have about 1,700 square feet.
The ones for sale were built between 2000 and 2006, so our agents check the roof and the air conditioner for you.
Houses in Avalon usually sold for about $290,000 last year, and the HOA fee is about $84 a month.
13. The Farm at Carolina Forest: open land next to most houses
About two of every three houses at The Farm border land the HOA owns: ponds, woods and open space, about 280 acres of it.
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The houses are on curving streets, with townhomes and condos in sections of their own. Houses listed here in recent years usually have about 1,900 square feet. A beach morning starts with a drive of about 12 minutes from the middle of the neighborhood.
Our guide to The Farm at Carolina Forest has its pools, its schools and its HOA rules.
Houses at The Farm usually sold for about $350,000 last year, and the HOA fee for a house is $107 a month.
How do the 13 neighborhoods compare?
| Neighborhood | Homes usually sell for | HOA fee a month | To the beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Cherry Grove | About $695,000 for a house | None on most homes listed for sale | A short walk, about 0.1 mile |
| 2. Surfside Beach | Houses $705,000, condos $405,000 | None on most homes listed for sale | A 9-minute walk |
| 3. Pine Lakes | About $600,000 | About $95 for a house | About 6 minutes |
| 4. Tidewater | About $625,000 for a house | About $230 for a house | About 8 minutes |
| 5. Barefoot Resort | About $430,000, mostly condos | About $680 for a condo | About 6 minutes |
| 6. Prince Creek | About $490,000 | About $100 to $390, by section | About 11 minutes |
| 7. Wild Wing | About $600,000 | About $135 | About 20 minutes |
| 8. Plantation Lakes | About $740,000 | About $125 | About 15 to 20 minutes |
| 9. Waterbridge | About $630,000; new about $550,000 | About $150 | About 15 to 20 minutes |
| 10. Market Common | Houses $540,000, townhomes $398,000 | About $300 to $680 for a townhome | About 5 minutes |
| 11. Deerfield | About $355,000, older streets | Under $90 for a house | About 7 minutes |
| 12. Avalon | About $290,000 for a house | About $84 for a house | About 20 minutes |
| 13. The Farm | About $350,000 for a house | $107 | About 12 minutes |
Times are by car with no traffic, except Cherry Grove and Surfside Beach, which are on foot. Each time is from the middle of the neighborhood to the nearest public beach access.
For clubs and gates, see our guide to gated communities near Myrtle Beach. If price matters most, see the most affordable places near Myrtle Beach. For no HOA fee at all, see homes with no HOA near Myrtle Beach. Our guide to 55+ communities near Myrtle Beach compares four with a 55+ age rule.
Common questions
Best neighborhoods in Myrtle Beach: FAQ
Which Myrtle Beach neighborhoods are closest to the beach?
Cherry Grove is closest, with a public beach access about a tenth of a mile from the middle of the neighborhood. On the ocean side of Surfside Beach, the sand is about a nine-minute walk. The Market Common is about five minutes from the beach by car.
Is Carolina Forest or Myrtle Beach better to live in?
The city of Myrtle Beach is better for being close to the beach, and Carolina Forest for big neighborhood pools and lakes. Plantation Lakes, Waterbridge, Avalon and The Farm, all in Carolina Forest, are 12 to 20 minutes from the beach by car.
Which neighborhoods near Myrtle Beach have no HOA?
Most homes for sale on the ocean side of Surfside Beach, and more than half in Cherry Grove, are listed with no HOA fee. Most other neighborhoods on this page have an HOA fee of under $250 a month for a house.
Are there 55+ communities near Myrtle Beach?
Yes. Del Webb North Myrtle Beach, Del Webb at Grande Dunes, Seasons at Prince Creek West and Myrtle Trace are 55+ communities, and our 55+ guide compares them.
Sources: North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach pier, Pine Lakes, Barefoot golf, TPC Myrtle Beach, Wild Wing, The Sun News, Plantation Lakes, State parks, County parcels, Census maps. Prices are middle resales over 12 months. Fees and house features come from homes for sale (The Farm's fee from its HOA); counts, lots and flood zones from county parcels. Photos: NOAA and USDA aerials, public domain, labelled by Chapter3; the clubhouse by Pubdog, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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