Loris is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,749 people and four associated neighborhoods, Loris is the 122nd largest community in South Carolina.Loris is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Loris is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Loris who work in office and administrative support (21.62%), food service (17.23%), and management occupations (9.01%). There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Loris, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community. 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 32.83 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Loris doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Loris are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.66% of adults in Loris have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Loris in 2022 was $27,284, 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 $109,136 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, Irish, Polish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Loris is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Tagalog.
