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 a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.35% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. 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 (29.18%), food service (15.11%), and maintenance occupations (8.54%). There are many members of the armed forces living in Loris. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. 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. In Loris, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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.
