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Loris, SC
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Loris profile


Living in Loris


Loris is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,825 people and four associated neighborhoods, Loris is the 122nd largest community in South Carolina.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Loris has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Loris a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Loris, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.51 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small city, Loris does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Loris rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.93% of adults 25 and older in Loris have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Loris in 2022 was $29,597, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,388 for a family of four. However, Loris contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Loris is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Loris home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Loris residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Loris include English, German, European, Polish, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Loris is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Tagalog.