Loris is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,637 people and four associated neighborhoods, Loris is the 122nd largest community in South Carolina.
Loris is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Loris, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Loris, the average commute to work is 35.50 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Loris does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Loris with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.41% of adults in Loris have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Loris in 2022 was $25,853, 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 $103,412 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, Polish, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Loris is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Polish.