Forestbrook vs Loris

A side-by-side comparison of Forestbrook and Loris: population, income, housing, and more.

Forestbrook and Loris are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forestbrook has the higher population (7,450 vs 2,570 in Loris). Forestbrook has the higher median household income ($77,791 vs $36,158 in Loris). Forestbrook has the higher median home value ($298,800 vs $195,600 in Loris).

Population, income & housing

	Forestbrook	Loris
Population	7,450	2,570
Median age	50.7 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,791	$36,158
Median home value	$298,800	$195,600
Median gross rent	$1,087	$664
Housing units	3,213	1,241
Homeownership rate	88.8%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestbrook	Loris
Population	6,591 → 7,450 (+13.0%)	2,673 → 2,570 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$55,945 → $77,791 (+39.0%)	$38,516 → $36,158 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$194,700 → $298,800 (+53.5%)	$151,000 → $195,600 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,087 (+12.6%)	$677 → $664 (-1.9%)

Forestbrook

Population

6,5917,450

Median household income

$55,945$77,791

Median home value

$194,700$298,800

Median gross rent

$965$1,087

Loris

Population

2,6732,570

Median household income

$38,516$36,158

Median home value

$151,000$195,600

Median gross rent

$677$664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestbrook	Loris
Under 5	2.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	17.6%	15.4%
75 and over	10.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestbrook	Loris
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	56.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestbrook	Loris
No high school diploma	4.8%	16.8%
High school graduate	22.4%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestbrook	Loris
Drove alone	83.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	1.2%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestbrook	Loris
1-unit, detached	85.3%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Forestbrook	Loris
Poverty rate	6.0%	25.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	2003	1980