Loris vs Surfside Beach

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

Loris 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.

Surfside Beach has the higher population (4,217 vs 2,570 in Loris). Surfside Beach has the higher median household income ($74,202 vs $36,158 in Loris). Surfside Beach has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $195,600 in Loris).

Population, income & housing

	Loris	Surfside Beach
Population	2,570	4,217
Median age	49.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,158	$74,202
Median home value	$195,600	$412,100
Median gross rent	$664	$1,274
Housing units	1,241	4,272
Homeownership rate	53.1%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loris	Surfside Beach
Population	2,673 → 2,570 (-3.9%)	4,385 → 4,217 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$38,516 → $36,158 (-6.1%)	$55,099 → $74,202 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$151,000 → $195,600 (+29.5%)	$266,600 → $412,100 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $664 (-1.9%)	$1,040 → $1,274 (+22.5%)

Loris

Population

2,6732,570

Median household income

$38,516$36,158

Median home value

$151,000$195,600

Median gross rent

$677$664

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)

	Loris	Surfside Beach
Under 5	6.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	4.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	22.0%
65 to 74	15.4%	18.7%
75 and over	8.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loris	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	91.9%
Black or African American	36.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loris	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	16.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	41.7%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loris	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	84.2%	70.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.2%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loris	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	63.4%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	14.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Loris	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	25.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1980	1986