Little River vs Surfside Beach

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

Little River and Surfside Beach 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 4,217 in Surfside Beach). Surfside Beach has the higher median household income ($74,202 vs $64,590 in Little River). Surfside Beach has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $267,800 in Little River).

Population, income & housing

	Little River	Surfside Beach
Population	10,457	4,217
Median age	61.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,590	$74,202
Median home value	$267,800	$412,100
Median gross rent	$1,531	$1,274
Housing units	7,769	4,272
Homeownership rate	76.8%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little River	Surfside Beach
Population	9,792 → 10,457 (+6.8%)	4,385 → 4,217 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$54,156 → $64,590 (+19.3%)	$55,099 → $74,202 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$175,400 → $267,800 (+52.7%)	$266,600 → $412,100 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,531 (+62.9%)	$1,040 → $1,274 (+22.5%)

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

Surfside Beach

Population

4,3854,217

Median household income

$55,099$74,202

Median home value

$266,600$412,100

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,274

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little River	Surfside Beach
Under 5	3.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	6.6%	4.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	22.0%
65 to 74	26.5%	18.7%
75 and over	17.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little River	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little River	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	27.3%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little River	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	73.0%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	14.3%	13.5%
Other means	3.9%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little River	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	44.8%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	27.9%	14.6%
20 or more units	9.6%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Little River	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1995	1986