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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Loris is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Loris is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Loris who work in office and administrative support (17.64%), food service (15.08%), and sales jobs (11.38%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Loris has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Loris has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Loris than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Loris may be for you. 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. Loris is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Loris are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.93% of adults in Loris have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree 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.
