Garden City vs Loris

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

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

Garden City has the higher population (10,820 vs 2,570 in Loris). Garden City has the higher median household income ($50,027 vs $36,158 in Loris). Loris has the higher median home value ($195,600 vs $194,100 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Loris
Population	10,820	2,570
Median age	61.2 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,027	$36,158
Median home value	$194,100	$195,600
Median gross rent	$1,382	$664
Housing units	10,229	1,241
Homeownership rate	82.3%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Loris
Population	10,669 → 10,820 (+1.4%)	2,673 → 2,570 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$44,862 → $50,027 (+11.5%)	$38,516 → $36,158 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $194,100 (+33.1%)	$151,000 → $195,600 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,062 → $1,382 (+30.1%)	$677 → $664 (-1.9%)

Garden City

Population

10,66910,820

Median household income

$44,862$50,027

Median home value

$145,800$194,100

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,382

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)

	Garden City	Loris
Under 5	0.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	6.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	4.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	7.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	23.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	23.8%	15.4%
75 and over	14.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Loris
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	56.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Loris
No high school diploma	4.8%	16.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Loris
Drove alone	82.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	1.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Loris
1-unit, detached	33.2%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	12.7%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Loris
Poverty rate	14.2%	25.4%
Average household size	1.86	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1990	1980