Little River vs Loris

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

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

Little River has the higher population (10,457 vs 2,570 in Loris). Little River has the higher median household income ($64,590 vs $36,158 in Loris). Little River has the higher median home value ($267,800 vs $195,600 in Loris).

Population, income & housing

	Little River	Loris
Population	10,457	2,570
Median age	61.8 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,590	$36,158
Median home value	$267,800	$195,600
Median gross rent	$1,531	$664
Housing units	7,769	1,241
Homeownership rate	76.8%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little River	Loris
Population	9,792 → 10,457 (+6.8%)	2,673 → 2,570 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$54,156 → $64,590 (+19.3%)	$38,516 → $36,158 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$175,400 → $267,800 (+52.7%)	$151,000 → $195,600 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,531 (+62.9%)	$677 → $664 (-1.9%)

Little River

Population

9,79210,457

Median household income

$54,156$64,590

Median home value

$175,400$267,800

Median gross rent

$940$1,531

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)

	Little River	Loris
Under 5	3.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	6.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	26.5%	15.4%
75 and over	17.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little River	Loris
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	56.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little River	Loris
No high school diploma	8.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little River	Loris
Drove alone	73.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	1.2%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little River	Loris
1-unit, detached	44.8%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	27.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	9.6%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Little River	Loris
Poverty rate	9.9%	25.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1995	1980